Cement News tagged: Corporate
Vicat sees growth in Asia and in the USA
Vicat's turnover for the first nine months of the year improved by a modest 0.6 per cent to EUR1740m, which represents an underlying advance of 3.2 per cent. The gearing level increased to 51.3 per cent at the end of September compared with 47.6 per cent a year ago. The expansion in Asia has been the main reason for the increased debt levels in recent years, but it is below the 53.3 per cent s...
Tokyo Cement quarterly profit surges as costs fall, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) Plc, said profits in the September 2013 quarter rose to LKR619m (US$4.72m) in the September 2013 quarter up 166 per cent YoY due to lower raw material costs. The group said revenues were flat at LKR7.5bn in the September quarter but cost of sales fell seven per cent to LKR6.2bn from a year earlier, expanding gross profits 52 per cent to LKR1.3bn.
Holcim held back by weaker Indian and Mexican markets
Holcim's turnover for the first nine months declined by 6.1 per cent to CHF14,941m, as weaker Indian and Mexican markets hold back the company's performance. In euro terms the reduction was 8.0 per cent to EUR12,136m and in US dollar terms the decline was 5.7 per cent. The Asia Pacific region generated 37.5 per cent of group turnover, down from 39.3 per cent a year earlier, while Europe rep...
Vulcan improves margins and returns to profits
Vulcan Materials' turnover for the first nine months improved by 6.7 per cent to US$2090.5m and the EBITDA moved ahead by 29.8 per cent to US$372.4m. The trading profit jumped from US$29.4m to US$136.8m, with the third quarter showing a 78.6 per cent advance. After a net interest charge 3.9 per cent lower at US$152.8m, the pre-tax loss dropped by 91.1 per cent to US$11.2m, while a further t...
ARM Cement 9M13 pretax profit boosted by higher sales
ARM Cement posted a 28 per cent rise in pretax profit for the first nine months of the year boosted by higher sales. Kenya’s second largest cement producer said on Tuesday its profit rose to KES1.53bn (US$17.9m) as turnover rose 32 per cent to KES10.2bn. Earlier, the company forecast 35 per cent growth in earnings this year helped by increased production capacity due to a new 0.75Mta grindin...
Philippine cement sales rise 7.1% on stronger government spending
Cement sales in the Philippines increased by 7.1 per cent to 14.9Mt from 13.9Mt in the same period of last year, according to the country’s cement association, CeMAP. According to Ernesto M Ordonez, president of CeMAP, a rise in July-August sales were driven by higher government spending (especially by the Department of Public Works and Highways), an increase in business confidence and a gen...
Anhui Conch Jan-Sept net profit rises 36.82%
Anhui Conch Cement Co 's net profit in the first nine months rose 36.82 per cent YoY to CNY5.36bn (US$878.6m), the company said in its third-quarter report. Basic earnings per share were CNY1.02 during the period. Operating revenue rose 14.76 per cent YoY to CNY37.01bn in the first nine months, boosted by an increase in the sales volume and price of cement and clinker. At the end of ...
Siam City Cement Co sees annual 3Q gains, Thailand
Siam City Cement, Thailand’s second-largest cement producer, reported a 53 per cent rise in net profit for the third quarter of 2013, thanks to solid sales, higher prices and energy savings in its production process. Sales rose 14.5 per cent YoY due to strong cement and ready-mix concrete sales. Gross margins increase from 41.1 per cent in 3Q12 to 45.6 per cent in 3Q13, mainly due to improv...
Ashaka Cement pretax profit down 58.87%, Nigeria
Ashaka Cement pretax profit fell to NGN2.16bn (US$13.6m) in the first nine months of 2013, down 58.87 per cent from NGN5.27bn a year ago. Turnover for the Nigeria-based producer rose to NGN16.83bn during the nine months to 30 September, from NGN16.46bn in the same period of last year. Ashaka Cement, in which Lafarge holds a 59 per cent interest, having increased this from 50 per cent in 2012,...
Dangote nine-month pretax profit rises 42.5%
Dangote Cement said its pretax profit for the first nine months of 2013 rose 42.5 per cent to NGN151.72bn (US$952m), compared with NGN93bn in the same period last year. Revenue for the period also rose to NGN288.98bn, compared with NGN224.49bn in the same period of 2012.
Lucky Cement first-quarter profit up 26%
Pakistan’s largest cement producer, Lucky Cement, reported a rise in profit of 26 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The company recorded after-tax profit of PKR2.54bn (US$23.8m) or earnings per share of Rs7.87 compared to profit of PKR2.01bn or EPS of Rs6.23 in the previous quarter. Revenues rose 20 per cent YoY to PKR10.6bn in the first quarter of 2013-14 against sale...
PT Semen Indonesia nine-month net profit rises 15% YoY
PT Semen Indonesia said Tuesday that its net profit rose 15 per cent YoY to IDR3.91trn (US$353m) during the first nine months of the year. The company recorded revenue of IDR17.39trn during the period, up from IDR13.67trn a year before.
EAPCC swings to full-year profit, Kenya
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has posted a profit for the full-year ending June 2013, having recorded a loss in the same period of last year. The company, in which Lafarge and Bamburi Cement each have a stake, reported that profit after tax rose to KES1.7bn (US$20m) compared to a net loss of KES972.7m the year before, the Nairobi Securities Exchange said on Friday. Sales increas...
Cemex: 9M13 turnover edges ahead
For the first nine months of the year, Cemex' turnover edged ahead by 0.7 per cent to US$11,352.7m but but EBITDA eased by 0.3 per cent to US$2001.2m as Mexico continues to drag on the company's performance although substantial improvements are seen in the US. The trading profit improved by 12.3 per cent to US$926.3m while the net interest charge increased by 8.3 per cent to US$1,139.4m. ...
Viettel to buy 70% stake in Cam Pha Cement
The Viettel Group has signed an agreement with Vietnam Construction and Import-Export JSC (Vinaconex), to buy a 70 per cent stake in Cam Pha Cement JSC. Military run-Viettel also purchased Cam Pha Cement’s debts guaranteed by VCG, the Dau Tu Chung Khoan newspaper said, adding that the deal had a total value of US$127m. Cam Pha will sell its cement to military-run construction companies, acco...
Asia Cement nine month profit surges, China
Asia Cement said net profit attributable to shareholders for the first nine months of the year rose by 166 per cent YoY to CNY391m (US$64.25m). Revenue rose by 3.9 per cent from a year earlier to CNY4.92bn. Gross profit increased by 29 per cent to CNY901m with margins of 18 per cent, up by three percentage points on a year earlier. For full-year 2013 the group anticipates a five per cent Yo...