Holcim - April 2013
Holcim has sold six quarries, seven batching plants, four asphalt plants and two block plants as well as 206Mt of aggregates reserves in Scotland to Breedon Aggregates for £34m (€39.9m). Holcim will retain its large Glensanda quarry and all its activities in the Scottish Central Belt a...
Lafarge - April 2013
Lafarge is pulling out of the cement market in Ukraine, where it is set to drop from fifth to sixth place when Altcom's two new production lines are both in service. The proposed sale of the 1.3Mta integrated wet-...
HeidelbergCement - April 2013
HeidelbergCement has bought out the remaining 49 per cent CJSC 'Construction Materials' at Sterlitamak, taking its ownership to 100 per cent. CJSC 'Construction Materials' has a cement capacity of 1.8Mta and is th...
Cemex - April 2013
Cemex's first-quarter turnover declined by 5.3 per cent to US$3318.6m, while the EBITDA came off by 8.1 per cent to US$521.1m. The trading profit was off by just 0.5 per cent to US$239.1m. The net interest charge inc...
Votorantim - April 2013
The large privately-owned Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim Participações SA has announced its intention to float its Votorantim Cimentos on the São Paolo stock exchange, with a secondary listing for American deposit...
Vicat - April 2013
Vicat's first-quarter turnover was ahead by 1.2 per cent to €491m, which represents an underlying improvement of 2.7 per cent. The cement turnover was up by 1.8 per cent to €304m, with cement shipments advancing by e...
Holcim - March 2013
Holcim Philippines reported record volumes in 2012. Cement shipments, which had declined by five per cent in 2011, rose by 21 per cent. Turnover grew by more than a quarter to PHP27,160m (EUR517.7m/US$660m) and the n...
Lafarge - March 2013
Lafarge's Greek subsidiary Heracles General Cement Company is closing down its Halkis works permanently, thereby reducing capacity by 2.3Mta. The Halkis works, which had been supplying the domestic market, has been i...
HeidelbergCement - March 2013
HeidelbergCement's turnover improved by 8.9 per cent last year to EUR14,020.2m (US$17,927m) while the EBITDA was ahead by 6.7 per cent to EUR2477.2m. At the trading level, the improvement reached 9.4 per cent to EUR1...
Cemex - March 2013
Cemex Deutschland will have closed more than 10 batching plants by the end of March, either on a temporary or permanent basis, because of reduced levels of demand.
Italcementi - March 2013
Italcementi's turnover declined by 3.8 per cent in 2012 to EUR4480.1m (US$5729m), but the underlying EBITDA was down by 9.8 per cent to EUR632. After impairment charges that jumped from EUR134.3m to EUR309.4m, the pr...
Votorantim - March 2013
The Votorantim group reported at turnover 4.8 per cent ahead at BRL24,792m (US$12,249m), of which the cement division represented 39.5 per cent, and an underlying EBITDA of BRL5101m of which cement accounted for 62.7...
Buzzi Unicem - March 2013
On a turnover that edged ahead by 0.9 per cent to EUR2813.4m (US$3597m), Buzzi Unicem's EBITDA improved by 4.8 per cent to EUR455.1m and the trading profit (EBIT) was ahead by 3.3 per cent to EUR197m. After a net int...
Cimpor - March 2013
Cimpor's turnover from continuing activities declined by 3.1 per cent to EUR1510m (US$1930m) and compares wit the actual EUR2275.3m shown in 2011 on the old structure. The comparable EBITDA eased by 3.3 per cent to E...
Vicat - March 2013
Turnover was up by 1.2 per cent in 2012 to EUR2292.2m (US$2930m), but the EBITDA declined by 10.9 per cent to EUR437.4m and the trading profit fell by 20.8 per cent to EUR245.2m. The net interest charge, which had ju...
Holcim - February 2013
Holcim's turnover increased by 3.9 per cent in 2012 to CHF21,544m, while in euro terms the increase was 6.4 per cent to EUR17,867m but in US$ terms there was a 1.3 per cent decline. The operating EBITDA improved by 6...
Lafarge - February 2013
Lafarge's turnover increased by 3.5 per cent in 2012 to EUR15,816m and the EBITDA improved by 7.2 per cent to EUR3450m. The trading profit showed a 12 per cent recovery EUR2440m and net financial charges increased by...
HeidelbergCement - February 2013
The preliminary figures from HeidelbergCement show an 8.7 per cent advance in turnover last year to EUR14,020m, or by 4.2 per cent on a comparative basis. The EBITDA improved by a more modest 6.7 per cent to EUR2477m...
Cemex - February 2013
Cemex' turnover eased by 1.5 per cent in 2012 to US$14,983.8m, but the EBITDA did improve by 10.2 per cent to US$2614.7m and the trading profit advanced by 35.3 per cent to US$1308m, having recovered by 12.2 per cent...
Italcementi - February 2013
Italcementi's turnover declined by 3.8 per cent last year to EUR4480.1m, or by 4.9 per cent on a comparable basis. Group cement shipments were 6.6 per cent lower at 45.9Mt and the turnover from cement and clinker was...