Cement News tagged: Corporate
Bestway Cement FY1Q19 earnings fall
Bestway Cement Lts (BCL) announced its financial results for 1QFY19 on 22 October. It posted earnings of PKR2.25bn (US$16.9m) during this period, down by 24.6 per cent YoY. According to a filing of company to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), its net sales also fell by 6.71 per cent to PKR 17.4bn from PKR18.66bn during this period, on YoY. Domestic cement companies are feeling the effects of ...
Change of CEO in Dadabhoy Cement
Danish Dadabhoy, director of Dadabhoy Cement Industries Ltd informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 22 October, that following the death of CEO Muhammad Amin Dadabhoy, the board of directors has appointed Fazal Karim Dadabhoy as a new CEO of Dadabhoy Cement Industries effective from 22 October 2018. The Dadabhoy Cement plant is locatedat Kalu Kohar, in Dadu District of Sindh, Pakistan a...
Cem'In'EU inaugurates its Aliénor Ciments plant
Cem‘In’EU Group inaugurated its first modular grinding plant at Aliénor Ciments yesterday in Tonneins, 100km southeast of Bordeaux, France. The 0.22-0.25Mta plant is the first of a network of grinding units that the group aims to construct in France, Poland and the UK. Intercem Engineering of GmbH of Oelde in Germany constructed the 30tph ball mill section of the plant in just four months. Th...
GCC announces 11% sales increase for 9M18
Mexico's Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) has recorded an 11.1 per cent YoY increase in sales to US$677.4m for the first nine months of 2018. EBITDA surged 16.3 per cent to US$198.6m in the same period, while its EBIDTA margin reached 29.3 per cent. In the 3Q18 net sales advanced 10.6 per cent YoY to US$278.6m from US$251.9m. EBITDA was also up 9.2 per cent to US$83.6m, compared with US$76....
Kohat Cement reports 1QFY19 earnings drop of 41%
Kohat Cement Company Ltd (KOHC) announced its financial results for 1QFY19 by reporting earnings of PKR529m, down by 41 per cent YoY, as compared to PKR903m reported in the same period last year. According to a filing of company to PSX, its sales during the quarter inched up by three per cent YoY to PKR3.52bn, likely due to an increase in cement sales prices against the comparative period...
Maple Leaf Cement profits fall in 1QFY19
Pakistan's Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) announced its financial results for 1QFY19 with consolidated earnings falling at PKR587m (US$4.4m), down by 45 per cent YoY, as compared to PKR1073m reported in the same period last year. According to MLCF's notification to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), company sales during the quarter declined by three per cent YoY to PKR5.65bn, likely due t...
GCP Applied Technologies receives European sustainable grinding patent
GCP Applied Technologies Inc has been issued with a patent for increasing cement grinding efficiency by using sustainable raw materials. The novel grinding aids and quality improvers allow the use of bio-derived glycerol and reduce the use and the impact of oil-derived chemicals. European Patent No EP 1 728 771 B1 has been granted and registered in 17 European countries and relates to methods...
Aumund opens St Petersburg office with technical seminar
Aumund relocated its representative office in Moscow, Russia, to St Petersburg in August, opening it up with a technical seminar attended by over 50 participants. The invited organisations represented a wide spectrum of applications in the bulk material handling of cement, lime and gypsum, amongst many other industries. "The fact that the participating project institutes came from different ...
Dangote reports 15% rise in 9M EBITDA
Dangote Cement announced a 13.5 per cent rise in group revenues to NGN685.29bn (US$1.88bn) for 9M18 as sales volumes advanced 7.6 per cent to nearly 17.8Mt. Group EBITDA rose 14.6 per cent YoY to NGN337.3bn while EBITDA margins advanced from 48.8 per cent in 9M17 to 49.2 per cent in 9M18. Net profit advanced to NGN158.28bn in 9M18 from NGN154.122bn in the year-ago period. Nigeria In Niger...
India Cements to set up 1.5Mta grinding unit
India Cements Ltd is planning to establish a 1.5Mta clinker grinding unit in East Nimar district, Madhya Pradesh, at an estimated investment cost of INR3.16bn (US$42.95m). The company is currently awaiting environmental clearance for the project, while financial closure is underway. Contractor and machinery suppliers are yet to finalised, however work on the project is expected to begin by F...
Al Rashed signs agreement to market and distribute NRCC's white cement
Saudi Arabia's Al Rashed Cement has signed an agreement with Northern Region Cement Co (NRCC) to facilitate marketing and distribution of NRCC’s white cement. The value of the one-year contract will be determined based on market price, according to a statement to the stock exchange. NRCC reported a loss of SAR6.69m (US$1.78m) in 2Q18, compared with a profit of SAR8.26m for the year-ago period...
Fauji Cement announces 80% earnings growth
Pakistan’s Fauji Cement Co Ltd recorded 79 per cent YoY growth in its gross profit to PKR1.41bn (US$10.61m) for the 1QFY18-19 ended 30 September. Its earnings similarly advanced 80 per cent to PKR801m. Net sales increased 11 per cent to PKR5.34bn, on the back of improved prices during the period, according to a statement to the stock exchange. The improvements in profit have been attributed...
Titan Cement moves to Brussels listing
Titan Cement International SA has submitted a voluntary tender offer for the exchange of all ordinary and preference shares issued by Titan Cement Co with new share of Titan Cement International SA to facilitate the listing of the Titan Group in the Euronext Brussels stock exchange, one of the largest EU stock exchanges, according to a company statement. However, the cement producer will maint...
Buzzi Unicem continues share buyback
Buzzi Unicem has announced that it acquired 1,116,000 ordinary treasury shares during the 15-19 October period. The company acquired the shares for a total consideration of EUR18,899,938 at an average price of EUR16.9. It now holds 3.085m ordinary shares and 29,290 saving shares as of 19 October, equivalent to 1.51 per cent of the issued share capital.
UltraTech reports 20% increase in net sales
India’s UltraTech Cement has reported an 11 per cent YoY decline in its consolidated net profit for the 2QFY18-19 ended 30 September, falling to INR3.76bn (US$51.29m) from INR4.24bn. However, net sales during the quarter rose 20 per cent to INR81.11bn from INR67.52bn on the back of strong cement volume growth, which increased 21 per cent to 15.1Mt. "Domestic sales volumes jumped 21 per cent ...
Tasek posts 3Q net loss
Malaysia’s Tasek Corp Bhd posted a net loss of MYR5.99m (US$1.44m) in 3Q18 on the back of intense pricing competition as domestic cement demand fell. In 3Q17 the company reported a net profit of MYR1.89m. Rising production costs in its cement and ready-mix concrete businesses and lower interest income further affected the group’s business results. Revenue in the third quarter edged up from MY...