
Hindalco Industries Limited has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2020 ended June 30, mentioning steady quarterly results driven by a strong performance by India Aluminium Business. Hindalco’s Aluminium India Business EBITDA stood at INR 856 crore versus INR 853 crore during the same period last year. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Hindalco has reported the EBITDA margin of 19.3 per cent in Q1, one of the best in the industry.

Revenue from the India Aluminium Business, however, edged lower at INR 4,436 crore compared to INR 5,490 crore in Q1FY20. India Aluminium Business achieved aluminium metal production of 291 Kt, while sales at 303 Kt, down by 5 per cent year-on-year due to subdued domestic market, but partially offset by higher exports. Sales of value added products in Q1FY21 were at 35 Kt versus 77 Kt during the same quarter last year.
Commenting on the results, Mr. Satish Pai, Managing Director of Hindalco Industries Ltd., said: “I am pleased at our ability to forge ahead despite the weak post-COVID market scenario. All our Aluminium India smelters operated at more than 90% capacity during the lockdown. We maintained our sales volumes, with exports accounting for nearly 80% of sales. This performance led to our Indian Aluminium Business recording an industry-high EBITDA margin.”
Hindalco’s consolidated business EBITDA was at INR 2,813 crore in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to INR 3,730 crore during Q1FY20. Revenue stood at INR 25,283 crore, down from INR 29,972 crore year-on-year. Company’s profit before tax (after exception item) also edged lower from INR 1,556 crore during Q1FY20 to INR 600 crore during Q1FY21. Net loss reported was INR 709 crore as against the net profit of INR 1063 crore a year ago.
Hindalco’s US arm Novelis reported a quarterly adjusted EBITDA of $253 million in Q1FY21 versus $372 million in the year-ago quarter, impacted by lower shipments and unfavourable product mix, but partially offset by good cost control and EBITDA contribution from the acquired Aleris business. Novelis reported a net income (excluding tax-effected special items1) of $22 million in Q1FY21 and revenue at $2.4 billion.
Hindalco has been mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through planned initiatives and with some strict actions to protect employees and operations. All its aluminium smelters and major refineries operated at near full-scale, while its downstream plants operated at optimal capacity to meet existing market demand. The company’s Indian aluminium operations exported nearly 80 per cent of their productions to maintain sales volume.
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