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CEMENT / RMC / STEEL & POWER:
 
HUGE INVESTMENTS  ARE PLANNED IN  INDIA POWER SECTOR, PORTS, AIRPORTS, RAIL CORRIDORS, REAL ESTATE,METROS IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES OF INDIA AND SUPER HIGHWAYS. THE INVESTMENT IN INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO GROW  AT CAG@ OF APPROX. 20% PA FOR THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS. THE INVESTMENT IN VALUE TERMS IS EXPECTED TO GROW FROM OVER Rs. 2,00,000/- Cr. IN 2007 TO OVER 3,00,000/- Cr. IN NEXT TWO YEARS. GUJARAT ALONE HAS COMMITTED A SUM OF OVER Rs. 50,000/- Cr. IN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PORTS ALONG ITS 1600 KM COSTAL LINE AND AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF Rs. 1,80,000/- Cr.  FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF  SEZ's ALONG THIS COSTAL LINE.
 
IN LINE WITH THIS, INDIAN CEMENT , STEEL  & POWER CONSUMPTION IS EXPECTED TO GROW  @ 9-11 % FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WITH IN THIS SECTOR READY MIX CONCRETE (RMC) USAGE IS EXPECTED TO GROW @ CAGR OF 30-35%.  
 
Per capita steel consumption in India is only 38 Kg vis-a-vis Global average of 200 Kg. Power Sector alone requires a capacity addition of approx. 12000 to 15000 MW per annum for the next 10 years to meet the 8-9 % GDP growth rate of Indian economy. This will need a huge investments to the tune of 1,00,000 Cr. to 1,20,000 Cr. per annum for the next 10 years in the power sector alone.   This will cascade into heavy requirement of up- stream and down stream Industries such as steel,cement, castings, transmission towers, equipment manufacturing industries such pumps , compressors, motors, and transformers. 

HERE ARE FEW VALUE PICKS:

 

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Price projections. 
JK LAKSHMI CEMENT
202/- as on 4.1.08
118/- as on 23.1.08
Buy more.
 
5.6.08:
Price as on 4.6.08 is Rs. 96/-. Add more.
EPS for 2008/- is Rs. 38/-. Expected EPS for 2011 is Rs.75/-. Expected price range  300/- To 350/- as on 4.7.10
JK CEMENT
208/- as on 4.1.08
150/- as on 28.1.08
5.6.08:
 
EPS for 2007-08 is Rs.38/-. Expected EPS for 2009-10 is Rs. 45/- to 55/-.
Expected price range is 350/- To 450/- as on 4.6.10.

Birla Corporation Ltd.

Rs.272/-  as on 20.1.08.
Buy.

Rs.220/- as on 21.1.08.

Buy

EPS for 2008 is Rs.51/- and expected to move up to Rs.100/- by 2011. Price projections is Rs.400/- to 500/- as on 18.7.10.

Godawari Power and Ispat Ltd.

Rs. 188/- as on 14.03.08.

Strong buy.

Rs. 400/- to 550/- as on 14.03.09. Expected EPS Rs. 35/- to 40/-. Co has made huge investments in mineral resources which gives it a strategic cost advantage in times to come.

Tata Steel:  2007-08 EPS is Rs. 67/- which is expected to go up to Rs.130/- by 2011 on stand alone basis. Price as on 8.8.2008 is approx. Rs. 651/-. Buy around Rs. 600-650/-. Expected Market price by 2010 is Rs. 1200/-. 

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