Cement News tagged: Corporate

Titan boosted by its US operations

28 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Titan’s turnover for the first nine months rose by 16.2% to EUR 994.79m, with the operating profit at the EBITDA level rising a little more slowly by 13.6% to EUR 284.9m. The slower rate of pro

Argos issues new bonds

25 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Colombia’s biggest cement maker Cemento Argos has issued 450bn pesos (US$197m) in bonds on the local market, the country’s press reported. The funds raised with the bond issue will be use

Cimsa increases Jan-Sept 2005 net profits

25 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Turkish cement producer Cimsa posted a 79.44 mln new Turkish lira ($58.47m) consolidated net profit for the first nine months of 2005, up from 45.55 mln lira ($33.54m) for the same period in 2004. Op

Lafarge and Boral begin Vietnam plant

25 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Lafarge, the French cement company, has begun construction of a plasterboard production unit in Vietnam, in collaboration with Australian building materials group Boral, for investments of US$13m.

Titan third quarter results improve

Titan third quarter results improve

24 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Greek cement firm Titan is expected to report a 6 per cent rise in third-quarter net profit this week, boosted by its US operations and a rebound in the domestic market, analysts said on Tuesday. Te

Egyptian National Cement profit soars

24 November 2005, Published under Cement News

National Cement Company (NCC) registered a record-high year-on-year increase of 1180 per cent in its net profit for the first quarter of the fiscal 2005/06, ending June 30, 2006,

Cimpor Jan-Sept 2005 net profit seen at EUR193m

Cimpor Jan-Sept 2005 net profit seen at EUR193m

23 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal is expected to post a January to September 2005 net profit of EUR 193m (US$226.3m), according to estimates from local investment bank Banco Portugues de Investimento (BPI

Semen Cibinong plans debt buyback program of up to US$20m

23 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Cement maker PT Semen Cibinong said it is allocating some 10 mln usd from its internal cash flow, with an option to raise the figure to 20 mln usd, for a debt buyback program. Company director Jannus

Kryvyi Rih Cement To Absorb Dniprotsement

23 November 2005, Published under Cement News

One of the five biggest producers of cement, the Kryvyi Rih Cement company (Dnipropetrovsk region), intends to incorporate the Dniprotsement company (Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk region). The sha

Exchange Rate Losses of Indocement falling

22 November 2005, Published under Cement News

PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk predicted that the exchange rate loss of the company will decrease this year as the company has hedge some US$150m of its debt, while the exchange rate of Japanese Y

Pacasmayo net profits up

22 November 2005, Published under Cement News

The net profits of Peruvian cement company Pacasmayo rose 12.8 per cent year-on-year in 3Q05 to US$6.11m because of higher sales volumes and cuts in costs, according to a report from Banco de Créito d

Anhui Conch raises three-year loan by 60 per cent

21 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Anhui Conch Cement Co, China’s biggest cement maker, increased its first syndicated loan by 60 per cent to CNY800m (US$99m) as banks offered to lend more than it sought.

Lafarge buys back EUR80M Of Its Own Convertible Bonds

21 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Lafarge SA (LR) said it has bought back EUR80m in convertible bonds, or 6.15% of a total EUR1.3bn bond launched in June 2001.

Kuwait Cement Co Posts $83.2m nine month net profit

21 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Kuwait Cement Company posted a net profit of KWD24.3m (US$83.2m) for the first nine months of 2005, up from KWD14.6m (US$50m) for the same period of 2004.

Cementos Molins net profit down

18 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Spanish cement company Cementos Molins posted a Euro 61.2m net profit for the first nine months of 2005, down 4.0 per cent year-on-year, the company informed in a statement the Spanish stock market re

Sanko to spend on Gaziantep renovation

18 November 2005, Published under Cement News

Turkish textile group Sanko Holding will invest between US$20m and US$25m in the modernisation and renovation of cement mill Gaziantep Cimento, said Abdulkadir Konukoglu, chairman of Sanko Holding man