Southern Magnesium & Chemicals Ltd

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Incorporated in Feb.85 Southern Magnesium Chemicals SMCL is promoted by N B Prasad Ram N Prasad N Rajender Prasad and N Ravi Prasad. The company set up a project at Gowripatnam Andhra Pradesh to manufacture Magnesium Metal in a joint venture with the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation. The company acquired a pilot plant set up the National Metallurgical Laboratory for the manufacture of magnesium by Pidgeon process with a capacity of 200 tpa. The company then carried out necessary alterations modifications additions and enhanced the capacity to 600 tpa. Commercial production commenced in 1990.SMCL came out with a public issue in Dec.93 to diverisify into the production of various down stream products like magnesium granules magnesium powder magnesium alloy and magnesium extrusion.In 199495 the company had set up a magnesium metal plant in Bahrain an overseas client. In 199596 two new reduction furnaces were commissioned and a third was commissioned on Nov.96/Dec.96.The company commissioned Gas based generating sets in Dec 1997 and also set up a carbondioxide plant. It has further set up a pilot plant for production of magnesium carbonate from calcined dolomite and carbondioxide both of which are already available at its plant site to strengthen its activities.Due to unfavourable market conditions the Company stopped Magnesium Metal Production and currently manufactures Magnesium Chips Turnings Granules and Powders..

Share Price: ₹272.60 per share as on 21 Nov, 2024 04:01 PM
Market Capitalisation: ₹77.90Cr as of today