Cement News tagged: Corporate
Carthage Cement to start production September 2013
Tunisia's Carthage Cement is expected to produce its first bag of cement on 2 September, according to Riadh Ben Khelifa, managing director of Carthage Cement. The cement plant represents an investment of TND836m (US$510m), of which TND500 as loans by 14 banks. Carthage’s MD added that the company is currently awaiting permission to establish a bag manufacturing plant as well permits to u...
CRH hit by hard winter
CRH's first-half turnover declined by 3.2 per cent to €8007m and the EBITDA fell by 24 per cent to €397m. The trading profit dropped by 74.7 per cent to €41m and the pre-tax result fell from a €102m profit to a loss of €71m in spite of a 3.3 per cent reduction in the net interest charge to €146m. A restatement to reflect accounting changes reduced last year's pre-tax profit from €117m to €...
Australia: Boral suffers AUD212m annual loss
Boral's net loss in the year to 30 June was down from a AUD177m (US$159.5m) profit in the FY11-12. It suffered a AUD212m (US$191m) annual loss. The fall in revenue was caused mainly by a AUD316m cost in asset write-downs and restructuring. The company also recorded the loss of 2130 jobs. However, underlying profit was AUD104m, up three per cent from the previous year. Chief executive Mike Ka...
Malaysia: Lafarge's LMCB secures loan agreement
Lafarge Malaysia Cement Bhd (LMCB) has converted the MYR580.69m (USS$225m) fixed rate notes due 2013 into an inter-company term loan with M-Cement Sdn Bhd. The company executed a loan agreement with M-Cement to convert the notes into a five-year inter-company term loan. M-Cement is the sole note holder. The conversion of the notes into an inter-company loan does not have any impact on the con...
Pakistan’s Cherat Cement Co to raise production capacity
Cherat Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) of Pakistan plans to increase production capacity at its 2500tpd cement plant, situated 52km from Peshawar near Nowshera in northern Pakistan. The company is expected to hold negotiations with various cement plant suppliers in due course. At present, the works is operating near full capacity and with the expected growth in the domestic cement market, the com...
CRH 1H13 revenues slip
CRH saw its sales revenue for 1H2013 fall by three per cent, or six per cent on a like-for-like basis, from EUR8.271bn to EUR8.007bn. EBITDA reached EUR0.4bn, representing an 18 per cent YoY drop when excluding pension and CO2 gains. However, when including these figures, EBITDA lost more ground, decreasing from EUR523m to EUR397m and in line with its forecast. While May-June trading in Euro...
Holcim’s cement sales in Romania down 0.7% in 1H13
Swiss building materials producer Holcim’s cement and clinker sales fell 0.7 per cent in the first half of the year in Romania, compared to the first six months of 2012, while the domestic cement prices were up 3.1 per cent, according to the company’s latest report. The company’s volume of aggregates sales in 1H13 dropped by 27.7 per cent YoY in Romania, while the domestic aggregates prices d...
Anhui Conch first-half net profit rises, China
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd reported a net profit of CNY3.06bn (US$500.6m) in the first half of 2013, a rise of 4.89 per cent rise compared to the same period of the year before. The company's gross profit margin rose 1.40 percentage points to 28.49 per cent in the period, due mainly to lower raw material cost. Operating revenue rose 14.73 per cent YoY to CNY23.59bn in the first half, boo...
Najran Cement appoints new board chairman, Saudi Arabia
Najran Cement has approved the appointment of Mohammed bin Mani bin Sultan Aba al-Ala as board chairman and managing director, with a three-year term. The company also named Daifullah al-Ghamidi deputy board chairman.
Holcim profit leaps, sales below expectations
Holcim’s first-half results were boosted by higher net income but sales disappointed, particularly in India, the group's key market in Asia.
Taiheiyo Cement ordered to close Nanjing plant, China
Taiheiyo Cement Corp has been ordered by the Chinese city of Nanjing to close a local production facility by the end of next year due to pollution concerns. Shutting the Nanjing plant would reduce Taiheiyo Cement's Chinese output capacity by 30-40 per cent, The Nikkei reported on Wednesday. Japan's number one cement producer will ask the city to reconsider. If Taiheiyo Cement does not fo...
Asia Cement first-half profit surges, China
Asia Cement reported a surge in profit attributable to shareholders for the six months ended 30 June 2012 thanks to an increase in the sale cementitious products and declining coal prices. Profit rose by 110 per cent YoY to CNY256m (US$41.9m). Revenue rose 3.4 per cent to CNY3.18bn and gross profit was CNY584m, representing a gross profit margin of 18 per cent.
Fujairah sales fall in first-half 2013
UAE-based producer Fujairah Cement Industries reported a net loss for the first six months of 2013 due to declining sales. The company registered a drop of AED3.6m (US$968,0000) for the period as its sales slipped by over six per cent to AED287.2m (US$78.2m), compared to AED307m (US$83.6m) in the same period last year. Fujairah Cement has a clinker capacity of 3.31Mta and operates a Thyss...
Holcim Philippines reports strong 2Q net profit
Holcim Philippines reported better-than-expected rise in second quarter net profit on the back of seasonal demand and effective cost controls. It is now preparing to restart its Batangas grinding unit next month to better serve expected rises in demand from the public and private sector. Net income rose 33.88 per cent to PHP1.62bn (US$37m) in the April-June 2013 period from PHP1.21 as constru...
India Cements reports fifth consecutive quarterly drop in net profit
India Cement has reported its fifth consecutive quarterly drop due to forex losses and a lower pricing environment. Net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal declined by 72 per cent to INR16.82 crore. N Srinivasan, vice chairman and managing director, India Cements Ltd said: “The exchange translation charges due to unprecedented rupee depreciation impacted to the tune of INR27 c...
Votorantim pulls IPO plan, Brazil
Votorantim Cimentos SA withdrew plans for its multibillion dollar initial public offering on Monday citing poor market conditions. Votorantim had postponed its IPO plans in July, saying at the time that it would try again in September. However, it has deffered the option once again. "The IPO continues to be the company's plan and we will continue to monitor the evolution of the capital marke...