Dyckerhoff reports modest overall improvement
The Buzzi Unicem subsidiary Dyckerhoff’s turnover recovered by 3.2% to €1413m in 2010, having dropped by 30.9% in 2009. Capital expenditure in 2010 was reduced by 33.0% to €181m, as major investment projects were completed and others have been deferred. Dyckerhoff group cement deliveries recovered by 5.2% to 13.9Mt and the aggregates volume by 7.3% to 5.73Mt, while ready-mixed concrete improved by 7.9% to 6.62Mm³. Volumes were ahead in all countries other than the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United States.
In Western Europe, turnover improved by 3.8% to €730m, of which Germany accounted for some 73%, with cement prices edging ahead by 1% in Luxembourg, but declining by 3% in Germany. Ready-mixed concrete prices were stable in The Netherlands, but came down by some 5% in Germany. Volumes are currently expected to improve in all three countries where Dyckerhoff operates during 2011.
The East European turnover was ahead by 4.9% to €493m, with cement prices falling by 7% in Poland, by 10% in the Czech Republic and in the Ukraine and by 18% in Russia. Ready-mixed concrete prices declined by 4% in the Czech Republic, by 5% in the Ukraine, by 10% in Poland and by 12% in Slovakia. Expect for the Czech Republic, volumes and prices are expected to improve in 2011.
In the United States turnover was down by 2.5% to €192m and cement prices came down by around 7%. Volumes and prices are still expected by the company to show a further decline in 2011.
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