On March 22, 2024, the shares of Sarda Energy and Minerals were trading with gains of more than 13%, which marked the company’s biggest single-day gain since June 2021.
On Friday, the flagship company of Sarda Group, Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited (SEML), announced in a stock exchange filing that the company’s Subsidiary Joint Venture Company, Natural Resources Energy Pvt. Ltd (NREPL) secured a letter of intent for an iron ore block in Maharashtra. Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited has a 51% economic interest in Natural Resources Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited stated in the exchange filing, “We are pleased to inform that Natural Resources Energy Pvt. Ltd. – a Subsidiary Joint Venture Company (NREPL), in which we have 51% economic interest, has been awarded the Letter of Intent for Composite Licence by the Industry, Energy, Labour and Mining Department, Government of Maharashtra, for Surjagad 1 Iron Ore Block in the state of Maharashtra for iron ore for an area of 1,526 hectares.”
This Letter of Intent, which pertains to the Surjagad 1 Iron Ore block, turned out positive for Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited. On March 22, 2024, the share price of Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited opened at ₹206.00, touching the day’s high at ₹225.60, as of 1:26 PM on the NSE.
On March 4, 2024, Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited also announced in an exchange filing that the company had incorporated a Joint Venture subsidiary company ‘Bartunga Coal Private Limited’ on March 2, 2024. The joint venture subsidiary company has been incorporated as a Special Purpose Vehicle to carry out the re-opening, rehabilitation, salvaging, development and operation of Bartunga Hill Coal Mine of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited holds a 67% stake in Bartunga Coal Private Limited.
Sarda Energy & Minerals Limited operates as a vertically integrated steel producer with its own iron ore reserves. The company manufactures and exports specialised manganese-based ferroalloys and generates self-sufficient power from waste heat and coal. Additionally, the company has investments in hydropower projects through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). It is designated as a two-star export house by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
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