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Battery-material recycler — recovers end-of-life batteries and non-ferrous scrap into high-purity lead and lead alloys.
The Ticker Tales take
Ardee Industries, in business since 1993, is a battery-material recycler - it recovers and recycles end-of-life batteries and non-ferrous scrap into high-purity lead and specialised lead alloys, supplying energy storage, e-mobility, automotive and chemicals. It's a ₹425.87 Cr mainboard issue (about ₹320 Cr fresh shares, the rest an offer for sale where promoters sell some stake) that opened on 5 Aug at a ₹50-53 band and lists on 12 Aug. Demand has firmed to about 3.08x subscribed and the grey-market premium is around ₹13 (~24.5% over the ₹53 top price), with brokerages positive on the recycling / circular-economy angle and strong FY26 growth (revenue up ~57%, profit up ~155%). On that read we expect a listing pop of roughly 30% - a Strong Subscribe. The call is provisional and locks at 2 PM on the closing day (7 Aug).
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Ticker Talesis where India's listed companies become readable. For every business on the NSE and BSE there's a real story — a founder who refused to quit, a bet that reshaped an industry, a number that explains everything. We dig those out and tell them in plain English, so you actually understand the companies behind the tickers instead of just watching prices move.
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