Aditya Birla Group’s cement flagship, UltraTech Cement Ltd, has announced consolidated net sales of INR227,880m (US$2.69bn), compared to INR200,690m in the corresponding period of the previous year. Profit before interest, depreciation and tax was INR47,210m compared to INR42,500m in the corresponding period of the previous year. Profit after tax was INR24,820m compared to a profit INR22,580m in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Consolidated sales volumes reached 41.02Mt for the quarter, growing by 17 per cent. Excluding acquired assets, operating EBITDA/t was INR1270/t, up seven per cent YoY and 32 per cent QoQ. Energy costs were lower by 14 per cent YoY, mainly on account of decrease in fuel cost which was INR881/t in the 4QFY25 compared to INR1025/t in the 4QFY24.
Effective capacity utilisation was 89 per cent during the quarter and 78 per cent for the full year. As part of its ongoing capacity expansion programme, UltraTech commissioned 17.40Mta capacity across several locations in the country during the FY25.
UltraTech’s domestic grey cement capacity has increased to 183.36Mta on a consolidated basis. Together with its overseas capacity of 5.4Mta, the company’s global capacity stands at 188.76Mta.
The company also achieved over 1GW capacity of renewable power installations, making UltraTech one of the first industrial companies in India to commission 1GW of renewable energy capacity for captive use.
UltraTech added 269MW of renewable power during the quarter. Combined with its 342MW in waste heat recovery systems (WHRS), UltraTech’s total green energy capacity has now reached 1.363GW, which will cover about 46 per cent of UltraTech’s current power needs.
