Cement News tagged under: Saudi Arabia
Southern Province appoints new chairman and deputy18 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia-based Southern Province Cement Co has appointed Saad Bin Abdulaziz Alkroud as chairman of the Board of Directors. Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saghir was named as vice chairman and Saudi Al Burgan as secretary of the Board of Directors. |
Al Jouf Cement secures six-month export deal11 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsJordan-based Rabou’ Al Taybeh Co has agreed to receive clinker exports from Al Jouf Cement Co of Saudi Arabia for a period of six months. The contract’s value stands at SAR30m (US$8m), representing more than 10 per cent of the company’s total revenues, states Mubasher. The Tadawul-listed company highlighted that the agreement will reflect positively on its income statements, starting from the 1Q24 until 2Q24. The clinker export agreement is subject to renewal. Al Jouf operates a 3.5M... |
Sinoma wins Eastern Province Cement contract09 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia-based Eastern Province Cement Co has awarded the contract for a new cement production line to China’s Sinoma CDI. The new line, which is costing US$270m, will have a production capacity of 10,000tpd and will be located at Eastern Province’s existing site in Khursaniyah. According to Mist News, the contract covers design, supply, delivery, construction, and installation of the cement production line on the basis of a complete turnkey contract for engineering, supply, con... |
Saudi cement demand to see 3% uptick in 202405 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in Saudi Arabia is forecast to advance by three per cent in 2024 in terms of volumes, compared to a decline of eight per cent in 2023, reports Aljazira Capital. The first 11 months of 2023 saw local dispatches fall to around 43Mt, marking a 7.4 per cent contraction YoY, mainly driven by weak construction activity in the housing sector. Going forward, demand is expected to come primarily from the construction of giga projects, fuelled by government spending. According to ... |
Saudi producers warn of rising production costs05 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement producers in Saudi Arabia have received a notification from Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) that the price of fuel products used in cement production will be increasing in price, effective from 1 January 2024. Arabian Cement Co , Yamama Cement Co , Qassim Cement Co and Al-Jouf Cement Co are among the cement manufacturers who have warned customers that this adjustment “will impact production costs and efforts are currently underway to calculate the expected financial impa... |
Northern Region Cement signs US$44m Iraq partnership04 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia-based Northern Region Cement Co has signed a partnership agreement with Al-Diyar Al-Iraqia for Investments Co which sees the Iraqi company acquire 49 per cent of Northern Region Cement’s Iraqi investments. The deal is valued at US$43.95m and proceeds will be used to inject external investments in promising opportunities and repay a portion of the high-cost loans amid high financing costs, according to a bourse disclosure. The agreement will enable Northern Region Cement to... |
Saudi exports increase 12% YoY in October15 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia recorded 807,000t of cement exports in October 2023, according to Aljazira Capital. This marks an 11.9 per cent advance on the 721,000t reported in the same month a year earlier. Local sales, meanwhile, came in at 4.21Mt in October, down 11.1 per cent from the 4.7Mt seen in October 2022 as the ongoing weakness in housing construction continues. On a MoM basis, local shipments grew 7.5 per cent. Clinker inventories in October 2023 stood at 39.75Mt, reports Zawya, represent... |
Al Jouf Cement Co's profit balloons 836.43% YoY in 9M2313 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsAl Jouf Cement Co announced the initial consolidated financial results for the period ending 30 September 2023 on the Saudi Stock Exchange. The company saw its net income surge to SAR72.6m (US$19.36m) for the first nine months of 2023 (January-September), compared to SAR7.8m for the same period in 2022. This interprets into the expansion of profit 836.43 per cent YoY. The sales/revenue jumped to SAR217m from SAR172m during this period and grew 26.3 per cent over the past period. The incr... |
Northern Region Cement awards EPC contract for new line07 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsKHD Humboldt Wedag and AVIC have been awarded a major EPC contract for engineering, equipment supply, construction, commissioning and site services for a new 3500tpd production line for Northern Region Cement Co , Saudi Arabia. The plant will be located in Iraq and marks a total investment of around US$139m. KHD Humboldt Wedag will design and deliver the plant with the latest sustainability-driven technologies, while AVIC, KHD’s parent company, will complete the EPC project in a record ... |
Saudi Cement sees drop in 3Q profit06 November 2023, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Cement Co reported a 15.4 per cent drop in quarterly net profit after tax and zakat to SAR68.3m (US$18.2M) in the 3Q23 when compared with the year-ago period when net profit reached SAR80.7m. Sales in the 3Q23 fell four per cent YoY to SAR315m to SAR328.1m, due to a drop in volumes and price of local sales. Selling and distribution expenses as well as general and administrative expenses increased. Financial charges were also higher. |