Further to the Company’s announcement on 19 May 2015 in relation to the fire incident at the Samalaju Smelter, the Board of Directors wishes to inform that a few smelting pots have been damaged and although the fire also disrupted the electricity supply to other smelting pots, the temperature of these pots was sufficient to prevent the molten aluminium from getting solidified pending restoration of the electricity supply.
Subsequently, although electricity supply was restored and the pots seemed to emit heat, the continued operation of these pots was not stable and becoming more risky for the smelting operation over the last couple of days. Hence, in the interest of safety for the plant and its operations as well as the workers, the Company has decided to cease its operations pending a clean-up and to carry out repair for these damaged pots and the necessary testing before commissioning. The Company estimates to re-start its operations by commencing the initial ramp-up for these pots within one month from now.
The Company has yet to finalise the financial impact for the Group, but believes it is adequately insured pending the insurance company’s assessment and loss survey.
aiya. the maths are easy. how much more can a company generating positive cash flow like pmetal drop? their assets > liabilities. their FCF also positive.
if the share price drop, just continue averaging down.
this 1 month damage - will be covered by insurance. upcoming plant - will increase capacity. aluminium price is at the trough and is bound to go up.
Wc in my calculation only worth at 0.5. Not now to collect it. Mukah last year also power blackout for 9 hours and what had happened to its profit. Now is 8 hours. 1/3 of the pot is hardened. They still need to shutdown and rebuild the pot again. News is deviated from actual condition. In my calculation more worst than previous case because this plant is bigger than mukah plant.
Except buyback to save this condition. Paul Koon is not interested on his own stock. No hope. Today halt trading. Getting worst. Some very big decision has been made. Tomorrow see la.. no good
Come on our i3investor kaki please don't try to talk bad about this counter because everyone of us did not want it to happen . Please don't mention our BOSS's name. By right we should console each other and make this counter up 2morrow right because just a small part of fire only . Just wait for one month only . I already hold this stock for four years. why just for one month we cannot wait . 'TEPUK DADA TANYA SELERA '
If aluminium price drops to USD1750 per MT, Press Metal may only break-even and not making money to pay dividend. If below USD1700, the scenario will be ugly one... .
Hopefully there will be no gap down. Today halt trading is a sign. Gap down tomorrow means big players also losing faith. More you buy, more happier they are. I think that December 2015 is best time to collect it at the bottom.
Kalau tak ada keyakinan diri sendiri tolong jgn sentuh ini kaunter, ya ! Pls don't touch if you don't have confident in this ........ Jgn seperti kera kena belacan, ya .
Bro, if The overall market fall, then no point selling cause it's not due to bad company outlook, index falling hard so all follow suits ... Maybe after the fire broke down the you sell ok
PETALING JAYA: Press Metal Bhd has stopped operations at its smelter in Samalaju Industrial Park, Sarawak, after a fire on May 17.
The aluminium smelter told Bursa Malaysia that a few smelting pots were damaged.
In a statement, Press Metal said a clean-up and repairs for the pots were needed.
It aims to restart operations within a month.
While the financial impact of the fire is not finalised, Press Metal said it was adequately insured, pending the insurance company’s assessment and loss survey.
KENANGA understand that there is an operational risk.
Reiterate our view that the group’s fundamentals remain intact as:
(i) PMETAL has superior margins of 17.7% as compared to their global competitors’ average of 13.1%,
(ii) KENANGA Expect aluminium prices to recover in the near-medium term.
(iii) there is a high possibility that the stock may be included into the Shariah-compliant universe during the upcoming review in mid-2015, which should garner some support from Shariah funds.
Nonetheless, at current price level, due to the slide in share prices,
the stock is attractively cheap, trading at only 7.5x,
still significantly lower than our applied FY16E PER of 12.9x.
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Posted by albukhary > 2015-05-21 15:17 | Report Abuse
I think they are going to announce the estimated loss of the fire incident.
Probably > RM50 million loss