Sector: Chemicals /Small Cap | Earnings Update 1QFY20 Background: Established in 1995, Solar Industries is the largest manufacturer of industrial explosives and explosive initiating systems in India and has the world's largest manufacturing facility for packaged explosives. With a licensed explosives capacity of over 290,000 MT/annum, the company has ~28% market share in India. Solar, with a 70% market share in exports from India, exports to 51 countries around the world. Economic Explosives, a 100% subsidiary, manufactures detonators. Solar has manufacturing facilities spread across 25 locations and eight states in India. In recent years expanded its manufacturing base to Nigeria, Zambia, South Africa, Turkey, Ghana and Australia. SIIL has also interests in the coal mines (in Chattisgarh) through two JVs....