Background: Established in 1984, Solar Industries (erstwhile Solar Explosives) is the largest manufacturer of industrial explosives and explosive initiating systems in India. With a licensed explosives capacity of over 290,000 MT/annum, the company has ~27% market share in India. Solar, with a 70% market share in exports from India, exports to 19 countries in Africa and South East Asia. Economic Explosives, a 100% subsidiary, manufactures detonators. Solar has manufacturing facilities spread across 16 locations and eight states in India. In recent years expanded its manufac turing base to Nigeria, Zambia and Turkey. SIIL has also interests in the coal mines (in Chhattisgarh) through stakes in Nav Bharat Coal Fields and through two JVs. Solar is set to foray...