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India: JK Lakshmi Cement 4Q net profit soars

JK Lakshmi Cement’s net profit soared in the quarter ended 31 March 2016 from INR60.5m (US$ 0.90m) to INR483.8m YoY. Total 4Q revenues of the company jumped 27 per cent from INR5.782bn in FY14-15...
News - 19 May 2016

Negative order intake of EUR1.1m for KHD in 1Q16

Order intake in the first quarter of 2016 was negative at EUR-1.1m. This is due to the low level of new business (EUR12.8m), order cancellations and reductions (EUR-9.1m) the company stated as wel...
News - 13 May 2016

India: Adilabad cement plant could reopen

A closed cement factory at Adilabad will be the discussion of a possible reopening as Union Heavy Industry Minister Anant Geete is set to hold a meeting with officials of the Telangana government ...
News - 13 May 2016

Quarterly results disappoint as LafargeHolcim struggles to consolidate

LafargeHolcim's results for the first quarter of 2016 have disappointed analysts as the company announced that EBITDA had fallen by 17 per cent on like-for-like terms compared to the same period i...
News - 13 May 2016

LafargeHolcim: cement volumes up 1.4% but revenues flat

In its results for 1Q16, LafargeHolcim announced that cement volume sales rose by 1.4 per cent YoY with the Asia-Pacific region accounting for most of the improvement. Like-for-like revenues were ...
News - 12 May 2016

India: ECO Cement to produce for Prism Cement

Cogencis EquityWire reports that ECO Cement (ECL) and Prism Cement have reached an agreement whereby the former will manufacture and supply cement to the latter. "The arrangement with ECL is ex...
News - 11 May 2016

India: Sagar Cements ordered to stop mining in Sulthanpur forest

Sagar Cements have been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to cease mining activity in Sulthanpur forest in Telangana following a complaint that the company was encroaching on forest lan...
News - 10 May 2016

India: Dalmia removes barrier to Lafarge-Holcim merger

An application for withdrawal made by Dalmia Cement Ltd has been accepted by The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT). Dalmia Cement had previously challenged an approval given for the merger b...
News - 10 May 2016

India: Birla sees Q4 profit rise to US$17m

Birla Corporation has released its earnings figures for the three months to 31 March 2016, during which time the firm achieved a profit of INR1.16bn (US$17.4m), up fourfold on a year earlier, the ...
News - 09 May 2016

India: Grasim and UltraTech well positioned for growth

Grasim Industries, a subsidiary of UltraTech, has announced impressive results and signs of a recovery in cement demand growth, which is estimated at ~11.5 per cent for the current quarter. Mea...
News - 09 May 2016