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Cimpor African results improve 9M14

28 November 2014, Published under Cement News

Cimpor's nine-month turnover declined by 1.6 per cent to EUR1952.2m and the EBITDA was off by 4.2 per cent to EUR461.1m as the Brazilian, Argentine and South African currencies declined by 10 per cent, 36 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively. South America generated 69.1 per cent of the EBITDA in the nine months compared with 79.5 per cent a year earlier. The trading profit (EBIT) came down by 2.6 per cent to EUR321.5m and the net financial charges declined by 1.2 per cent to EUR287.1m, to...

Egypt: Arabian Cement Co’s consolidated 9M14 revenues up 17%

24 November 2014, Published under Cement News

Arabian Cement Company has reported its consolidated results for the first nine months of 2014. Revenues in the period rose 17 per cent to EGP1788.5m (US$250m) as compared to EGP1532.1m in 9M13, on the back of the early signs of economic and security improvements in Egypt. Net profit dropped 35 per cent YoY to EGP200.4m, while net profit margin was down nine percentage points to 11 per cent on the combined impact of the expiration of the company’s tax-exempt status – ACC is now taxed at th...