Cement News tagged: Corporate
Prosperity considers Anhui Chaodong transaction
Prosperity Minerals Investment Ltd (PMIL), a wholly-owned by Prosperity International, is contemplating a transaction involving Anhui Chaodong Cement Co Ltd (ACC), a company whose shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and in which PMIL holds about 18.06 per cent interests. ACC has applied to the SSE for the suspension of dealings in the shares of ACC for five trading days com...
BMM seeks to raise US$33m from IFC
BMM Cements Ltd (BCL) is planning to raise US$33m (around INR2bn) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fund its turnaround, Business Standard of India reports. Currently part of Bharat Mines & Minerals group (BMM group), BCL shareholders in November 2014 had agreed to transfer ownership to Sagar Cements Ltd (SCL). After the transfer, BCL will become a wholly owned subsidiary of...
Paraguay: INC expects to use up 20% biofuel
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) announced that subject to satisfactory analysis results, the cement producer will be including biofuel in its fuel mix. A series of tests is currently being carried out by the Engineering Faculty of the National University of Asuncíon (UNA). Jorge Méndez Cuevas, CEO of INC, said the company could substitute fuel oil with up to 20 per cent biofuel.
Arabian Cement Co 1Q revenue rises 11% YoY
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) said first-quarter revenue increased by 11 per cent to EGP585m (US$76.6m) compared to EGP529m a year earlier. The advance was mainly attributed to a 13 per cent increase in volumes as prices slip over the period. However, net profit dropped 52 per cent YoY to EGP56m, while the net profit margin was down 12 points to 10 per cent, the company in a statement. ACC...
TCC International to raise HK$3.63bn in rights issue
TCC International Holdings Ltd is seeking to raise HKD3.63bn (US$468m) in a rights issue to fund acquisitions and for general working capital. The company said Monday it plans to sell up to 1.65 billion rights shares at HK$2.2 each in the proportion of one rights share for every two existing shares held. The offer price represents a 25.17 per cent discount to its latest trading price of HK$2...
Holcim launches exchange offer for Lafarge shares
Holcim said Monday it has launched the public exchange offer for all the shares of Lafarge, marking the final stage of the merger of the two cement majors. Shareholders in Lafarge are being asked to offer their shares at an exchange ratio of nine Holcim shares for 10 Lafarge shares. Their acceptance of the exchange is the final stage to create a new company. Holcim shareholders have already...
Vietnam rises 9% in first five months
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 26.6Mt of cement during January-May 2015, up nine per cent from a year ago, the government-run General Statistics Office said. In May alone, output amounted to 6.3Mt. During the five month period Vietnam produced 20.3Mt of cement, compared to an earlier estimate of 19.9Mt, according to the office’s revised figure. Vietnam currently has 74 cement product...
Roongrote tipped to take SCG helm, Thailand
Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate, has confirmed Roongrote Rangsiyopash is in line to be its next president, the Bangkok Post reports. The SCG board agreed to maintain Mr Roongrote's position as executive vice-president and end his top position at SCG Paper as well as announce the promotion of two other SCG executives to replace Mr Roongrote. "It is a proces...
Argos reports solid start to the year
Argos reported a solid first-quarter results, with a double-digit rise in cement volumes and price recovery in both Colombia and the US. Consolidated revenues in the first quarter grew 27 per cent YoY, reaching COP1.7trn (US$669m). EBITDA was up by 18 per cent to COP307bn supported by structural improvements in al regional divisions as the group reported continuous achievements in operatio...
Cemex raised to Buy at Longbow
Cemex is upgraded to Buy from Neutral by Longbow, based on continually improving fundamentals in the cement industry with price increases of 8-10 per cent supported by volume growth of 6-8 per cent. In a report published Wednesday, Longbrow Research analyst said utilisation rates are climbing and contacts are concerned about available capacity in late 2015 and early 2016; these factors, in...
Adelaide Brighton predicts 2015 sales gain
Australian construction materials group Adelaide Brighton says cement and clinker product sales volumes should be "similar to or greater than" levels in the prior year. Lime sales, which declined 7.7 per cent in 2014 after a downturn in the gold sector, were also anticipated to be similar or slightly higher than last year. The group told shareholders at today's annual general meeting th...
TCL poised for new loan syndication
Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) is set to launch a US$245m five-year term loan as it seeks to turn a new leaf following the completion of a debt restructuring earlier this year, Reuters reports. Bank meetings in New York today will kick off a syndication being led by Credit Suisse and Citigroup, whose bridge loan to the company is expected to be taken out with this transaction. After failing t...
Holcim and Lafarge seal binding deal with CRH
Lafarge and Holcim have now entered a binding agreement with CRH regarding the sale of several assets with an enterprise value of EUR6.5bn. As announced in February 2015, the assets include operations mainly in Europe, Canada, Brazil and the Philippines (see below). The acquisition remains conditional upon successful completion of the merger of Lafarge and Holcim as well as the completion o...
Future LH Executive Committee finalised
Lafarge and Holcim have completed the appointments for the future Executive Committee of LafargeHolcim following a recommendation by Eric Olsen, future CEO of the combined group. The future Executive Committee, under the leadership of Eric Olsen is composed of: • Finance, Thomas Aebischer, currently in charge of Finance at Holcim • Integration, Organization & Human Resources, Jean-Jacques G...
Steppe Cement announces retirement of non-executive chairman
Steppe Cement Ltd announced that Malcolm Brown will retire on 28 May 2015 as the non-executive chairman “due to health reasons” and he does not intend to stand for re-election in the forthcoming AGM. Mr Brown has served on the Board for more than six years since December 2008 and as a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He will remain as a shareholder of Steppe Cement. Kazahstan...
China Tianrui Group Cement Co to issue CNY500m unsecured short term bills
China Tianrui Group Cement Co, a leading clinker and cement producer in Henan and Liaoning provinces, has announced that it will issue CNY500m (US$80.7m) unsecured short-term bills with a maturity of 366 days on the interbank market on May 26. The corporation said in a statement that the bills will be issued at the face value, and the coupon rate determined in the process of bookbuilding. Bo...