Strong Volumes Mitigate Realisation Drop During 9MFY17: Volumes for 9MFY17 reached to 1,56,387 tonnes (mt) which is higher by 18.2%while the average realisation dropped by 10.9% to Rs.103/kg at consolidated level. Volumes from mining segment grew substantially by 34.4% to 96,899mt howevernon-mining segment constituting primarily of cement and power de-grew by 1.2% to 59,488mt. During Q3FY17, volumes grew by 28.4% on YoY basis to 56,846mt while average realisations dropped by 7.3% on YoY Basis. Mining volumes reachedto 35,854mt, higher by 48.8% and utilities volume grew by 4.1% to 20,992mt.