Cement News tagged: Corporate
Tunisia: Carthage Cement reduces debt
The overall turnover of Carthage Cement, all activities included, posted a positive growth of +55, reaching TND56.774m (US$27,816m) in the last quarter of 2015 against TND36.639m in 2014. This allowed the company to close the year 2015 with a turnover of around TND184.271m against TND169.490m in 2014. The company’s overall indebtedness at 31 December 2015 decreased by -1% to TND512.8m.
Thai SCG approvals proposals to buy out Vietnam tile firm
Siam Cement Group (SCG) plans to wholly acquire Vietnam’s ceramic tile manufacturer. Siam Cement Group (SCG) has approved the proposal of its wholly owned subsidiary SCG Building Materials to acquire the remaining 15 per cent stake of Prime Group and related assets for THB2.19bn (US$61.24m), the Nation newspaper reported. SCG in December 2012 closed a deal to acquire an 85 per cnet stake in ...
PPC chairman to step down, South Africa
PPC announced that Bheki Lindinkosi Sibiya, who has served as chairman of Board since November 2008, elected not to offer himself for re-election at the shareholders AGM on 25 January 2016. Accordingly, he retires as non-executive director and chairman of the Board. PPC noted that under Mr Sibiya's stewardship the company has achieved a number of key milestones, notably the successful con...
LH confirms Sberbank shareholding
LafargeHolcim Ltd said in a statement yesterday that it was informed on 25 January 2016 by Sberbank of Russia that it holds, through a repurchase transaction with Eurocement Holding AG, 6.12 per cent of the voting rights and of the registered share capital of LafargeHolcim Ltd. This corresponds to 37,172,910 registered shares and voting rights. According to the declaration of Sberbank of Ru...
Siam Cement posts 29% rise in 4Q net profit
Siam Cement Plc posted a 29 per cent increase in fourth-quarter net profit as better earnings from its chemical unit outweighed weakness in cement and the building materials business. For 2015 Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate posted a 35 per cent rise in net profit of THB45.4bn (US$1.27bn) due to strong chemical earnings, while its sales fell 10 per cent to THB439.6bn due to lower c...
Jaiprakash reportedly receives four bids for cement business
Jaypee group-promoted Jaiprakash Associates has received four bids for the 20Mta of cement capacity that it has put up for sale to reduce its debt burden. A report in the Business Standard of India said the bidders include global private equity firm KKR, and domestic players UltraTech and Dalmia Bharat Cement. Units reported to be up for sale included the 2.2Mta Bhilai cement plant joint v...
PPC reports 3% decline in first-quarter sales
South African cement producer PPC reported a three per cent sales decline in its trading update for the October-December 2015 quarter, citing weak demand and tough competition. Cement sales in the South African business were down by 1.6 per cent while the international businesses recorded an eight per cent drop including low margin cement exports to other African countries, the company said ...
Addoha reportedly to sell 30% African stake to HeidelbergCement
It has been reported that the Moroccan Addoha Group will sell 30 per cent of its African assets to HeidelbergCement, according to local news sources. The value of the transaction is estimated at around MAD2bn (US$202m). When contacted, HeidelbergCement declined to comment. Following the construction of two cement plants in its home market of Morocco (Ben Ahmed and Beni Mellal), the Addoha G...
Eagle Materials President and CEO to retire
Eagle Materials announced yesterday that the company's President and CEO, Steve Rowley (62) has decided to retire as an officer and director of the company effective the end of this fiscal year, 31 March 2016. Mr Rowley has provided 25 years of continuous service to the company and its stockholders. Dave Powers, executive vice president for Gypsum Wallboard at Eagle since 2005, will succeed S...
Russian Sberbank gets 6% of LH from Eurocement in repurchase deal
Sberbank CIB, the investment banking arm of Russian lender Sberbank, announced on Friday it now holds six per cent of LafargeHolcim following a repurchase deal with Russian Eurocement Holding. Under the terms of the agreement, the investment arm had organised financing for Eurocement Holding AG in return for 37m shares in LafargeHolcim. Eurocement has the right to buy back the shares at a sp...
China Shanshui Cement defaults on CNY1.8bn bond
China Shanshui has defaulted on a CNY1.8bn three-year bond carrying an annual interest rate of 5.4 per cent that matured on Thursday, the South China Morning Post reports. The development has pushed China Shanshui, closer to bankruptcy, as its earlier debt default triggered multiple lawsuits from creditors that have already seen some of its assets frozen or put into impending auctioning. "Th...
New senior vice president announced to lead Tarmac business
Martin Riley, former managing director of Tarmac’s Aggregates & Asphalt business, has been appointed senior vice president of Tarmac. Cyrille Ragoucy has left the business after three successful years as CEO. As part of this reorganisation, the Tarmac Cement & Lime business will work as part of a new CRH business cluster consisting of UK Cement, Ireland and Spain, led by Oliver Mahon, Senior ...
LafargeHolcim planning potential disposal in South Korea
Glenwood Private Equity is in talks to buy South Korea-based Lafarge Halla Cement in cooperation with Eugene Group, the country’s largest ready-mixed concrete manufacturer, and Sungshin Cement, another Korean cement maker. According to sources on Wednesday, LafargeHolcim Ltd, the majority shareholder of Lafarge Halla Cement, recently named Glenwood Private Equity as a preferred bidder for th...
Cemex sets Dominican production record
Cemex has achieved a production of 2.2Mt of cement in its San Pedro de Macorís plant in the Dominican Republic. The figure is significantly above the rolling average of 1.8Mt of the past five years. "We have continued to strengthen our operations in Dominican Republic, enabling us to take advantage of the significant growth in the level of construction activity. Having achieved this new pro...
Saudi: Umm Al-Qura Cement Co net loss narrows
Umm Al-Qura Cement Co saw its full-year net loss narrow in 2015 to SAR24.07m compared to a net loss of SAR28m a year earlier. Operating losses were also down to SAR21.96m, compared to SAR27.12m in 2014. However, the Riyadh-based company reported net loss for 4Q15 of SAR10m, versus a net loss of SAR3.72m in the same period a year earlier.
Tunisia: Ciments de Bizerte sees 1.78% turnover rise in 2015
Tunisia’s Les Ciments de Bizerte posted a turnover of TND57.177bn (US$27.9bn) in 2015, up 1.78 per cent YoY. Domestic turnover saw a rise of 14.83 per cent to TND56.9m while exports have slumped by 96.3 per cent. The export low has been attributed to the instability of the Algerian market and the near-absence of Libyan demand. The company’s indebtedness has increased by 32.9 per cent to...