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China's Sinoma profit falls as turnover climbs

26 August 2013, Published under Cement News

China National Materials Co Ltd, Sinoma Group (China), has reported mixed results for the first six months of 2013. While turnover over the period moved ahead 6.9 per cent to CNY21.8bn (US$3.6bn), net profit for the period fell 38.8 per cent to CNY101.2m (US$93.9m) from CNY165.3mn a year earlier. The company's cement production division recorded revenues of CNY10.322bn (US$1.686bn), up 15.2 per cent YoY, which was mainly due to the increase in sales volume resulting from the commissioning o...

Sinai profits slump, Egypt

26 August 2013, Published under Cement News

Sinai Cement, Egypt, reported a steep fall in profits for the first half of 2013. 1H13 net profits fell by 31 per cent to EGP51.1m (US$7.3m), down from EGP74.2m (US$10.6m) over the same period last year.

FLSmidth releases interim report 1H13

23 August 2013, Published under Cement News

Danish turnkey supplier FLSmidth announced that its 1H13 order book has slipped, while revenues are also down. The company said : "Cement earnings were significantly below last year as expected. Order intake decreased 30 per cent, but revenue increased 37 per cent, whereas EBITA decreased 37 per cent." FLSmidth had expected the market to remain fairly subdued between January-June 2013 and it saw no major shifts in demand for new orders. "The overall market stayed subdued, but good region...

CRH hit by hard winter

21 August 2013, Published under Cement News

CRH's first-half turnover declined by 3.2 per cent to €8007m and the EBITDA fell by 24 per cent to €397m. The trading profit dropped by 74.7 per cent  to €41m and the pre-tax result fell from a €102m profit to a loss of €71m in spite of a 3.3 per cent reduction in the net interest charge to €146m. A restatement to reflect accounting changes reduced last year's pre-tax profit from €117m to €102m. The net attributable result went from a €98m profit to a €57m loss. Net debt at the end of Jun...

Holcim profit leaps, sales below expectations

16 August 2013, Published under Cement News

Holcim’s first-half results were boosted by higher net income but sales disappointed, particularly in India, the group's key market in Asia. For the full-year, the Swiss major now expects more muted earnings growth than previously forecast. For the first six months to the end of June, Holcim's turnover declined by 5.1 per cent to CHF9649m, or by 6.9 per cent in euro terms to EUR7847m.  The running EBITDA was 3.4 per cent lower at CHF1819m while the trading profit eased by 3.3 per cent to CH...