BENGALURU, Jan 30 (Reuters) - India's Mangalore Refinery
and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) swung to a third-quarter
loss from a year-ago profit on Monday, hurt by the government's
windfall tax on some fuel exports and a surge in the cost of
materials consumed.
The crude oil refiner reported a net loss of 1.88 billion
rupees ($23.1 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared
with a profit of 5.86 billion rupees a year earlier.
The government levied a windfall tax on exports of gasoline,
diesel and aviation fuels midway through last year, which, MRPL
said, hits its results by 20.46 billion rupees in the quarter.
MRPL, a subsidiary of the government-owned Oil and Natural
Gas Corp Ltd , said its cost of materials consumed
surged 32.2% to 244.95 billion rupees.
Its throughput rose to 4.48 million metric tonnes (MMT) from
4.35 MMT. Revenue from operations increased nearly 24% to 309.66
billion rupees.
MRPL's shares have gained 2.6% so far this month, following
a roughly 5.5% drop in the last quarter of 2022.
($1 = 81.4910 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio
D'Souza)
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