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Cementir's ready-mixed concrete volumes weaken

08 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Cementir's turnover for the first nine months of the year was up by 4.9 per cent to €730.9m. EBITDA, which weakened by 11.9 per cent in the third quarter, was ahead by a modest 3.5 per cent to €94.9m. This reflected higher energy costs, particularly in the case of electricity, and increased staffing levels was a result of the expansion into waste management. The trading profit advanced by 4.7 per cent to €30.6m.  The net financial charge declined by 37.4 per cent to €13.9m to give a more ...

Taiwan Cement sees higher demand and prices lifting fourth quarter

06 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Taiwan Cement Co expects profits to rise in the fourth quarter of on the back of increasing demand and rebounding cement prices in China. TCC’s net profits in the first three quarters dropped nine per cent YoY to NT$6.002bn (US$200.01m) as it suffered from declining cement prices in China. However, with cement prices in southern and eastern China  in the fourth quarter nearly 50 per cent higher over the first half of 2012, along with increasing shipments, TCC’s operation in China is expec...

South Cement Co to issue short-term bills, China

06 November 2012, Published under Cement News

South Cement Co, owned by China National Building Materials Co, has announced it plans to issue CNY1.5bn (US$240m) in short-term bills with a maturity of 365 days in the interbank market on 12 November. The company said in a statement that the bills will be issued at face value, and the coupon rate determined in the process of book-building. Both value and payment due date are set on 13 November and the to-be-issued bills tradable 14 November. CNY200m of the proceeds from the issue wil...

China cement sees Jan-Sept slowdown

05 November 2012, Published under Cement News

China's cement sector witnessed a sharp slowdown in the first nine months of this year, according to the latest data from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Cement output rose 6.7 per cent YoY to 1.59bnt in the January-September period, compared with 18.1 per cent recorded in the same period of 2011, according to a recent NDRC report. The factory price of cement tumbled 18.7 per cent from August to an average of CNY317.3/t (US$50.36). At the end of September, ceme...

Moody's assigns definitive Aa1 to China Resources Cement bonds

05 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Moody's Investors Service has assigned a definitive Aa1 rating to the 5-year bonds issued by China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd. Moody's has removed the rating from provisional status upon the closing of the transaction. The rating outlook is negative.

Tangshan Jidong Cement profit slumps, China

01 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Tangshan Jidong Cement Co’s operating revenue in the first three quarters of 2012 slumped 77.77 per cent YoY while net profit fell 83.06 per cent to CNY241m (US$38.7m). Earnings per share in the first three quarters plunged 84.71 per cent YoY. For the third quarter alone, operating income fell 3.51 per cent to CNY4.72bn and net profit stood at CNY129m which is a decline of 80.84 per cent.

Anhui Conch to issue bonds, China

01 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd has been given the greenl ight by China Securities Regulatory Commission to issue no more than CNY6bn (US$2.13bn) of 10-year corporate bonds publicly. The proceeds from the issuance will be used to replenish working capital and repay bank loans.

Sinoma nine-month net profit down 76 per cent, China

30 October 2012, Published under Cement News

Sinoma said its net profit attributable to equity holders of parent dropped 76.41 per cent YoY to CNY305m (US$48.9m) for the nine months ended 30 September 2012. Its basic and diluted earnings per share were CNY9 cents. Operating revenue was CNY36.73bn, an increase of 3.5 per cent from a year earlier. Morgan Stanley said the fall in profit missed market expectations and expects Sinoma’s 2013 earnings to stay flat.

Jiangxi Wannianging Cement profit declines, China

30 October 2012, Published under Cement News

Jiangxi Wannianging Cement has posted an 82.33 per cent drop in net profit for the first nine months of 2012 on the back of lower sales volumes and prices. For the nine months to September, net profit was CNY74.12m (US$11.9m) while operating revenues fell 22.44 per cent YoY to CNY3.19bn. For the third quarter alone, operating revenue fell 23 per cent YoY to CNY1.183bn while net profit plunged 86.77 per cent to CNY16.24m. The company attributed the decline in profits to a drop in sales ...

Asia Cement profit falls, China

29 October 2012, Published under Cement News

Asia Cement (China) said that revenue for the first nine months of 2012 was CNY4.73bn (US$757m), a decline of 19.83 per cent from a year earlier. Gross profit declined 58.5 per cent to CNY696m and gross profit margins fell 15 per cent, down by 13 percentage points compared to the same period of last year. Net profit attributable to shareholders fell 84.8 per cent YoY to CNY147m for the first nine months of the year. Its basic and diluted earnings per share were CNY9.4 cents.