JSW Steel at a Glance
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Better Everyday Annual Report 2017/18 Better Everyday. In Pursuit of Excellence. Corporate Overview Statutory Reports Financial Statements Contents JSW Steel at a Glance Corporate Overview The flagship Company of JSW Group, JSW Steel is India’s leading integrated 02 Message from the Chairman and steel manufacturer with a capacity of 18 MTPA. It is one of the fastest Managing Director growing companies in India with a footprint in over 100 countries. Guided by 04 Value Creation at JSW Steel the philosophy of ‘Better Everyday’, the Company stays ahead of the curve consistently, delivering exceptional stakeholder value. Statutory Reports 05 Corporate Information 06 Management Discussion Better Everyday. and Analysis In Pursuit of Excellence. 42 Directors’ Report 96 Report on Corporate Governance Everyday excellence is not a state of being, but a continuous journey. The net result of the continued efforts are better than the previous day, everyday. At JSW Standalone Financial Statements Steel, it’s our inherent nature to explore better ways of working to constantly 128 Independent Auditor’s Report maintain leadership position across the different activities we undertake. Be 134 Balance Sheet it steel production, community empowerment, environmental contributions or 135 Statement of Profit and Loss continuous innovation, we pursue the best and strive to make it better. 136 Statement of Changes in Equity 137 Statement of Cash Flows Over the years, JSW Steel has grown to be a market leader in the Indian steel 139 Notes to the Standalone Financial industry and has established significant international presence. We have Statements traversed dynamic market conditions and challenging demand-supply equations to reach where we are now. The philosophy of ‘Better Everyday’ has been the Consolidated Financial guiding force behind our growth and will remain so for all future endeavours Statements as well. This philosophy manifests itself in various forms including the quality 213 Independent Auditor’s Report enhancements that we pursue, sustainability practices that we implement and 218 Consolidated Balance Sheet the nation-building activities that we contribute to. 219 Consolidated Statement of Profit and Loss Thus, at JSW Steel, ‘Better Everyday’ is a proposition to compete with ourselves 220 Consolidated Statement of to attain excellence. It is the chosen way of life. Changes in Equity 221 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 223 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 317 Form AOC-I FY 2017-18: Best Ever Annual Performance 321 Financial Highlights (Standalone) 322 Financial Highlights (Consolidated) 16.27 15.55 MnT MnT 323 Notice Crude steel production Saleable steel sales (3% y-o-y growth) (6% y-o-y growth) E-Communication Registration Form NECS Mandate Form Proxy Form H71,503 H14,794 crores crores Revenue from operations Operating EBITDA (18% y-o-y growth) (22% y-o-y growth) H6,113 H25.71 crores Diluted earnings per share Net profit after tax (76% y-o-y growth) (76% y-o-y growth) 1 JSW Steel Limited | Annual Report 2017-18 Message from the Chairman and Managing Director Dear Shareholders, It is with great pride and pleasure that I report to you at the end of a very successful financial year that saw us report market-leading numbers. Moreover, the Company also triggered off multiple strategic initiatives during the year aimed at realising our long- term vision. During the year, we launched our revamped Group brand identity. Elucidated through the tagline, ‘Better Everyday’, our new brand positioning is all about being ‘a bold and unwavering transformer’. It demonstrates our drive to make ‘better’ every life we touch; be it our employees, our business associates, our customers, the communities around our plants and facilities, or the industry fraternity at large. And we do so by following the principle of bettering ourselves, time and again, continuously, with dynamic enthusiasm. Further, to establish this culture and create a consistent brand experience, both for our internal and external stakeholders, we are adopting a personality that is optimistic, empathetic, nationalistic and bold. In addition, the introduction of GST is a seminal reform, which Thus, our credo borrows from the actions and outcomes we will help formalise the economy, introduce transparency and have demonstrated. In JSW Steel too, we find resonance of go a long way in creating a level-playing field, besides weeding ‘Better Everyday’, in the manner that we have performed, and out a lot of tertiary inefficiencies. We view this very positively. in the strategic focus we have outlined. We can only get better if we pursue excellence across all facets of our business on a Of particular importance are the initiatives around stressed daily basis. This annual report highlights some of the ways in assets resolution, under the new Insolvency and Bankruptcy which we are aiming for excellence. Code. JSW Steel is participating in strategic opportunities under this process, and is hopeful that quality, efficiency and This is also our first integrated report. Creating value for all governance will converge to make better utilisation of some of stakeholders and providers of diverse capitals is inbuilt into the capacities that are financially distressed. our strategy, including the way we measure our performance. Our report now reflects the outcomes of our actions, as Setting new milestones relevant to different stakeholders, and also the impact of our JSW Steel achieved a record performance in the year. With an strategy and integrated thinking. It is also in line with our all-time high crude steel production, our shipments remained commitment to the highest standards of governance and buoyant. Revival in domestic demand in the second half of transparency. the year was a key catalyst of our performance and was driven by improving prospects of the auto, construction and An encouraging environment capital goods sectors. Rising share of value-added and special FY 2017-18 was characterised by a broad-based improvement products in the overall business was another highlight of the in global growth, rising industrial production, progress on year. These products accounted for 58% of our shipments in the supply side reforms in China and an uptick in global steel FY 2017-18 and were instrumental in boosting our realisations pricing environment. as well as profitability. The Indian economy too saw a strong rebound in demand, Our domestic sales volume growth at 9% surpassed the especially in the second half, demonstrating a healthy domestic steel consumption growth during the year. Thus, we resilience to disruptions and structural changes. India’s continued to further consolidate our leadership position in the macro fundamentals, such as fiscal deficit and credit rating market. are improving, and broad-based financial reforms are being undertaken through initiatives such as relaxation of FDI rules, Our relentless efforts to enhance operational efficiencies are enactment of the IBC and growth stemming from government yielding rich dividends as reflected in our robust Return on spending. Capital Employed (ROCE) ratio of 16% – placing us among the top 5 steel companies globally. For the first time in many years, elasticity of steel demand to GDP growth exceeded 1x. Infrastructure received a big boost Deleveraging was a key theme that played out during the in the form of budgetary allocation, and consumer sentiment year. Stronger profitability and improved leverage ratios led too is on the rise. We also crossed the GDP threshold of US$2.5 to improved credit rating. The cash flows freed up from the trillion, and with a likely thrust on infrastructure development, deleveraging initiatives will be prudently deployed for capacity the medium to long-term outlook for steel demand growth is expansion and other returns accretive projects, going forward. very positive. 2 Better Everyday. In Pursuit of Excellence. Corporate Overview Statutory Reports Financial Statements An exciting future This takes our overall investment blueprint for the US market, We are very positive about the long-term growth potential to produce American melted and manufactured steel with a for steel consumption in the domestic market. Even if one total capacity of 4 MTPA, to upto US$1 billion. assumes a rate of growth of around 7% p.a. for the overall Similarly, we are in the process of acquiring the rolling steel demand, India will need to create over 150 million tonnes facilities of Italian steelmaker, Aferpi (erstwhile Lucchini), of new steel capacity in the next 10 years. As one of the most with a capacity of 1.3 MTPA for about Euro 55 million. Through competitive and efficient players, JSW Steel will be looking to this acquisition, your Company will get a stronger foothold in capitalise on this opportunity and invest in capacity expansion the European market and can swiftly tap into the emerging and growing the market share. opportunities in the continent. Our Board has approved additional capital expenditure Needless to mention, while pursuing all the growth programmes to expand capacities at our plants in Vijayanagar opportunities – whether organic or inorganic – we will continue and Dolvi, and also to modernise and expand capacities of to demonstrate prudence and follow conservative financial our downstream businesses. We have now embarked upon policies. a journey to invest around H45,000 crores in these projects over a four-year period from FY 2017-18 to FY 2020-21. These Favourable policy environment expansions will further enhance our efficiencies and generate Government of India has put in place multiple policy measures superior returns. The completion of these projects will take our to support the domestic steel industry. Be it long-term overall capacity from 18 MTPA currently to 24.7 MTPA by measures like the National Steel Policy 2017, which aims to March 2020. make India a competitive and self-sufficient steel producing Inorganic growth has always been an integral part of our country by 2030; or shorter-term trade remedial measures growth journey and we will continue to explore strategic intended to provide a level playing field for domestic steel opportunities, both in domestic and international markets.