Cement News tagged under: North Asia
Asia Cement creates shore power solution for vessels21 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Asia Cement Corp has announced the completion of a full shore power project for its cement vessels, which will see its cement carriers use the onshore Taipower energy supply instead of using on-board generators while berthing at port. The project is expected to save over 1474t of fuel per year and effectively cut 5329t of CO 2 emissions. Asia Cement currently has four cement carriers that transport cement from its Hualien plant to various ports of Taiwan and overseas markets. In ... |
Taiwan Cement records 11% rise in revenue18 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan Cement has reported a 11.3 per cent rise in revenue to TWD22.04bn (US$789.3m) for the first quarter of 2021, while its net income advanced 10.6 per cent YoY to TWD3.32bn on the back of profit growth in Taiwan and Europe’s cement businesses. Despite weak sales prices in the mainland China cement business in the 1Q21, sales prices have been increasing steadily since April. In Taiwan’s cement and ready-mix concrete market, due to strong infrastructure and property demand, the gross marg... |
Universal Cement sees 15% rise in revenue14 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Universal Cement Co has posted a 14.9 per cent YoY rise in revenue to TWD1.44bn (US$51.51m) in the first quarter of 2021, compared with TWD1.25bn in the year-ago period. Net profit also surged to TWD229.47m from TWD46.21m in the 1Q20, while pre-tax profit increased to TWD258.73m from TWD50.58m. |
Asia Cement records 36% increase in revenue14 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Asia Cement has recorded a 36.1 per cent YoY increase in revenue to TWD17.88bn (US$639.38m) for the first quarter of 2021, up from TWD13.14bn in the 1Q20. Net profit advanced 330.2 per cent to TWD3.2bn from TWD743.77m in the year-ago period, while pre-tax profit reached TWD4.74bn from TWD1.57bn. |
Sumitomo Osaka sees 7% climb in net profit14 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsJapan’s Sumitomo Osaka Cement has recorded a 7.3 per cent YoY rise in net profit to JPY11.72bn (US$106.97m) for the year ended March 2021. Sales were down 2.4 per cent YoY to JPY239.27bn while operating profit climbed 3.1 per cent to JPY16.63bn. The company has forecast sales of JPY185.5bn and a net profit of JPY9bn for the year ending March 2022. |
Hsing Ta Cement records 56% rise in revenue14 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Hsing Ta Cement has recorded a 55.5 per cent YoY rise in revenue to TWD1.8bn (US$64.76m) in the first quarter of 2021, compared with TWD1.17bn in the year-ago period. Net profit also surged 211 per cent to TWD284.4m from TWD91.34m in the first quarter of 2020. |
Taiheiyo Cement sees 20% net profit increase13 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsJapan’s Taiheiyo Cement has recorded a 2.3 per cent decline in revenue to JPY863.9bn (US$7.88bn) in the year ending 31 March 2021, compared with JPY884.35bn in the previous year. However, net profit advanced 19.6 per cent YoY to JPY46.8bn from JPY39.15bn. Operating profit reached JPY63.61bn, up 4.3 per cent YoY, while pretax profit also increased 8.6 per cent to JPY65.74bn from JPY60.54bn in the FY19-20. The company also released a series of forecasts for the year ending March 2022. Its r... |
Chia Hsin Cement posts 10% rise in revenue12 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Chia Hsin Cement has posted a 9.9 per cent YoY increase in revenue to TWD544.53m (US$19.47m) in the first quarter of 2021, compared to TWD495.3m in the year-ago period. The company also saw its net loss narrow to TWD127.1m from TWD210.1m in the 1Q20. |
Lucky Cement posts 15% fall in revenue10 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Lucky Cement has posted a 14.5 per cent YoY decline in April revenue to TWD345.56m (US$12.44m) from TWD404.2m in the year-ago period. In the first four months of 2021, the company saw a 7.8 per cent fall in revenue to TWD1.39bn from TWD1.51bn. |
YTL Cement completes divestment of China subsidiary05 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsYTL Cement (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of YTL Corp Bhd, has finalised the disposal of its 100 per cent equity interest in Zhejiang Hangzhou Dama Cement Co Ltd (Dama Cement), according to local press reports. Dama Cement owns a cement plant in Lin’an district, Zhejiang Province, China. YTL Cement invested in the company in 2007 and has seen aggregate returns of about CNY1.3bn (US$200.8m), said a statement. The price of the disposal was undisclosed. “This is an ideal time for us to make an e... |