India, Oct. 5 -- The Chennai-based integrated logistics company, a Pristine Group entity, has picked up a fresh order from a leading public sector steel major, adding iron ore handling to a mining portfolio that has so far leaned heavily on coal. The contract stretches over roughly two years, and it arrives just after a quarter in which the company returned to profit and lined up fresh bank funding. Here is what the order means for its next phase of growth.

Shares of Sical Logistics Ltd are trading at Rs. 90.00, up 3.35 percent on Monday. The stock touched the intraday high of Rs. 91.40 after opening at Rs. 87.77 before slipping to a low of Rs. 87.20. The company commands a market capitalization of Rs. 718.06 crore.

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