We wish to inform you that Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue, vide Notification no.18/2026-Customs (ADD) dated 27th July, 2026 has imposed a definitive anti dumping duty on import ....

8th August, 2026 BSE Limited Department of Corporate Service Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Dalal Street Mumbai-400001 Scrip Code: 544510 ISIN: INE346R01013 Material Impact Assessment & Corporate Update on Ministry of Finance Notification No. 18/2026- Customs (ADD) Dear Sir/ Madam, Sub: Disclosure under Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 as amended (“SEBI Listing Regulations”) Intimation of Notification No. 18/2026- Customs (ADD), issued on July 27, 2026, by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty (ADD) on the import of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (ash content below 18%) originating in or exported from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia for a period of five years. Dear Sir/Madam, Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("Listing Regulations"), we wish to inform you that the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), vide Notification No. 18/2026-Customs (ADD) dated July 27, 2026, has imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty (ADD) on imports of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (ash content below 18%) originating in or exported from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia for a period of five years. This policy change is expected to positively impact domestic manufacturers and strengthen market competitiveness as follows. Benefits & Impact on Indian Manufacturers  Fair Domestic Competition: it will protect our company from cheap, dumped foreign imports that distort fair market pricing.  Production, Margin Protection & Sales Realization: it will improve our operational capacity utilization and pricing power without being undercut by artificially low-priced foreign coke and it will also mitigate unfair foreign price competition, supporting improved domestic order volumes and realization margins.  Supply Chain Stability: Encourages our company for long-term investment into domestic manufacturing and metallurgical coke capacity with Safeguarding domestic manufacturing capabilities and promotes sustained capacity utilization.  Balanced Exemptions: Provides operational flexibility by granting duty relief for specialized usage (e.g., specific sizes or grades for ferroalloy and pig iron manufacturing in small blast furnaces subject to actual-user conditions).  Positive impact on domestic revenue streams and operating EBITDA margins due to stable domestic pricing dynamics. The Notification No. 18/2026-Customs (ADD), issued on July 27, 2026, by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) attached with this letter in Annexure-I.: Kindly take the same on your records. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For Nilachal Carbo Metalicks Limited Bibhu Datta Panda Managing Director DIN: 01579026 Enclosed: Annexure-1 रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-27072026-274854 CG-DxLx-xEG-I2D7H0x7x2x0 26-274854 xxxGIDExxx EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 605] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026/SHRAVAN 5, 1948 5714 GI/2026 (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 2704 0020, 2704 0030 और 2704 0090 4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th July, 2026 No. 18/2026-Customs (ADD) G.S.R. 667(E).— Whereas, in the matter of ‘Low Ash Metallurgical Coke’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 2704 00 10, 2704 00 20, 2704 00 30 and 2704 00 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in or exported from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings F. No. 6/03/2025-DGTR, dated the 14th November, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 14th November, 2025, had recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries; And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the designated authority, the Central Government had imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 41/2025-Customs (ADD), dated the 31st December, 2025 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 944(E), dated the 31st December, 2025; And whereas, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification F. No. 6/03/2025-DGTR dated 28th April, 2026, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 28th April, 2026 has concluded that- (i) the product under consideration has been exported to India from the subject countries at dumped prices; (ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury; (iii) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries, and has recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries and imported into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the following Table, falling under the Tariff items of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty equal to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table, namely:- TABLE S. Tariff Item Description* Country of Country of Producer Amount Unit Currency No. Origin Export (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 1 2704 0010, Low Ash Australia Any country Any 71.16 MT USD 2704 0020, Metallurgical including 2704 0030 Coke* Australia and 2704 0090 2 -do- -do- Any Country Australia Any 71.16 MT USD other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia 6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] S. Tariff Item Description* Country of Country of Producer Amount Unit Currency No. Origin Export 3 -do- -do- China PR Any country Any 128.83 MT USD including China PR 4 -do- -do- Any Country China PR Any 128.83 MT USD other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia 5 -do- -do- Colombia Any country Any 118.55 MT USD including Colombia 6 -do- -do- Any Country Colombia Any 118.55 MT USD other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia 7 -do- -do- Indonesia Any country Any 67.50 MT USD including Indonesia 8 -do- -do- Any Country Indonesia Any 67.50 MT USD other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia 9 -do- -do- Japan Any country Any 42.95 MT USD including Japan 10 -do- -do- Any Country Japan Any 42.95 MT USD other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia 11 -do- -do [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]