cweed,u dun know? pmetal do aluminium billets and ingots,the primary material for everything else,it is the biggest in asean and prime beneficiary of aluminium pr increase. Lbalum only follow taiko pmetal.
Press Metal Bhd’s aluminium smelter was the first energy-intensive industry in SCORE which commenced operations last year. Also in operation now is Tokuyama’s polycrystaline silicon plant. The third expected to be commissioned soon is OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd’s ferro alloy smelting plant, followed by Pertama’s ferro alloy smelter.
Old news , but new to me cos I've just started my research on aluminum industry. So confirmed, price is rising and demand is there.
Published: Wednesday April 16, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Wednesday April 16, 2014 MYT 2:36:55 PM Boost from high aluminium prices
BY JACK WONG
File pic showing the Mukah smelter, which has a main production house that is 750m in length and consumes about 200MW of electricity for its operations.
KUCHING: Rising aluminium prices have given a big lift to Press Metal Bhd’s share performance.
Aluminium prices on London Metal Exchange (LME) jumped 10.5% over the last three weeks, particularly after the exchange lost a lawsuit that forced it to shelve its new warehousing policy.
According to RHB Research, the policy was designed to reduce LME’s deadlocked inventory which many believed was tied to contango financing (carry-over or continuation of fees due to the postponement of payment for and delivery of stock from one account day to the next).
“While we concur that the event may have boosted market sentiment and resulted in an uptick in aluminium prices, we think this coincides with the improving fundamentals of the aluminium industry.
“After almost a decade of capacity curtailment, the moderate growth in demand may finally translate into a supply deficit in the global ex-China market from 2014. This may suggest that the aluminium industry is hitting bottom,” the research house said in a report.
Press Metal, which owns plants in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu and Mukah, has gained more than 30% in its share price which rose to intra-day high of RM3.12 before settling at RM3.08 for a gain of 11 sen with volume of over 2.9 million shares yesterday. Last week, the stock gained a further 38 sen to RM2.90 (versus 52-week low of RM1.78) after putting on 26 sen to RM2.52 a week earlier.
Press Metal’s market capitalisation stood at RM1.59bil.
The company warrants made a hefty gain of 45 sen, or 60%, to close at RM1.21 last Friday, from 76 sen two weeks ago. They were also up 11 sen to RM1.29 yesterday.
RHB Research said while the 10.5% increase in LME aluminium prices might not form a firm uptrend, the new support level would benefit Press Metal’s world-class low-cost smelters. Moreover it said the improved market dynamics were timely as both Press Metal’s Samalaju and Mukah smelters were operating at full steam after the completion of a ramp-up exercise last month.
The two plants have combined installed capacity of 440,000 tonnes annually. The Mukah production was disrupted after a statewide power outage in June last year that damaged the smelting pots. Production has resumed after the completion of reconstruction works recently.
The research house said the two smelters had estimated their combined aluminium production to go up to 405,000 tonnes this year and 435,600 tonnes in 2015, against 290,772 tonnes last year.
“We are also excited about its (Press Metal) recent landmark US$140mil deal with Sumitomo Corp, which the latter took up a 20% stake in Samalaju smelter, implying a standalone valuation of RM2.3bil for this unit,” it added.
Press Metal said it had on April 1 received the provisional cash consideration of RM456.6mil for the stake disposal to Sumitomo.
“We expect the proceeds, together with the coming year’s profit, to pare down Press Metal’s gearing to 0.93 times (by end of financial year 2014) from 1.87 times (as at end-2013), as well as give rise to a RM336.4mil disposal gains that will flow directly to its shareholders fund.
“We also project annual interest cost savings amounting to RM24.4mil from the disposal proceeds,” said the research house.
RHB Research said Press Metal’s Samalaju smelter could save between RM25mil and RM30mil a year in land logistics cost upon the commencement of Samalaju Port, which is adjacent to the smelting plant. The company now uses the further Bintulu Port as its logistic transit point for raw materials and aluminium.
Samalaju Port’s interim facilities are scheduled to be operational this month.
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