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Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe reports 4% revenue decline in 2017

04 April 2018, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe Ltd posted a loss of US$609,589 for the year ended 31 December 2017. Revenue during the period under review fell 4.14 per cent to US$58.4m from US$61m recorded at the end of 2016. Total current liabilities rose by 9.2 per cent to US$38.18m. Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe Chairman, Kumbirai Katsande, said a full-year sales decline of four per cent was recorded with reduced volumes, which contributed to the loss. Heavy rainfall adversely affected cement stocking patterns...

Tanzania Portland Cement's profits fall to TZS35.5bn in FY17

03 April 2018, Published under Cement News

Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd (TPCC), also known as Twiga Cement, recorded a net profit of TZS35.5bn (US$15.6m) last year, lower than TZS39.8bn (US$17.6m) recorded in 2016.

 According to unaudited financial results for the year ending December 2017, the fall of net profit was a result of increase income tax, decrease in price and sale costs.

 Income tax nearly doubled to TZS30bn in 2017 from TZS17.6bn in 2016, while costs of sale also went up to TZS184bn from TZS170bn in 2016. ...

Buzzi Unicem Full Year 2017 results

29 March 2018, Published under Cement News

In 2017 Buzzi Unicem group sold 26.8Mt of cement (+4.4 per cent compared to 2016) and 12.3Mm 3 of ready-mix concrete (+3 per cent YoY). Consolidated net sales increased by 5.1 per cent, from EUR2669.3m to EUR2806.2m. EBITDA decreased by 7.7 per cent from EUR550.6m to EUR508.2m. The foreign exchange effect was negative for EUR2m. The figure for the year under review includes non-recurring costs of EUR68.2m, of which EUR59.8m for antitrust sanctions inflicted to the Italian cement sector, ...

Titan's 2017 turnover remains stable at EUR1506m

28 March 2018, Published under Cement News

Titan's 2017 consolidated turnover remained stable, at EUR1505.8m, a marginal 0.2 per cent decline compared to 2016. EBITDA reached EUR273.4m, a 1.9 per cent decrease. Non-recurring events (staff redundancy programmes in Egypt and Greece and hurricane Irma in Florida) had a negative impact on EBITDA of about EUR1m, against EUR6.7m of such costs in 2016. Net profit after minorities and the provision for taxes was EUR42.7m, compared to EUR127.4m in 2016. Annual results strengthened on t...

Sephaku Cement posts 16% fall in profits in 2017

23 March 2018, Published under Cement News

Dangote-owned Sephaku Cement has posted a 16 per cent drop in its full-year profit, despite revenue increasing by 3.7 per cent to ZAR2.37bn (US$201.1m) in 2017. The South Africa-based company turned a profit of ZAR73.9m in the 2H17, compared with a loss of ZAR16.1m in 1H17, resulting in full-year profit of ZAR58.7m. This was a 16 per cent decrease on the previous year’s profit of ZAR68.9m. EBITDA for the full year was 21.3 per cent, compared with 23.1 per cent in 2016. Sephaku Cement stat...

RHI Magnesita announces adjusted pro-forma revenue of EUR2677.2m

21 March 2018, Published under Cement News

RHI Magnesita saw pro-forma revenue up 11 per cent in 2017 to EUR2677.2m for its steel and industrial divisions. The results include consolidated 10-month results for RHI and two-month reporting for RHI Magnesita. RHI Magnesita's two-month revenue amounted to EUR1946.1m, up 17.9 per cent over the previous year. Reported revenue from the Industrial division amounted to EUR577.6m. Reported EBITDA amounted to EUR56.7m in 2017 with a margin of 2.9 per cent. Adjusted pro-forma revenue of th...

Loma Negra 4Q17 net revenue rises by 57%

09 March 2018, Published under Cement News

Loma Negra (InterCement group) announced its results for the three- and 12-month periods ended 31 December 2017 with net revenue for 4Q17 increasing 57.1 per cent to ARS4452m (US$218.9m), from ARS2834m (US$139.3m) in 4Q16, mainly driven by higher volumes sold across all segments along with increased prices. Total cement, masonry and lime sales volumes in Argentina increased 14 per cent YoY in 4Q17 to 1.76Mt, driven by increased construction activity both in infrastructure and private consu...

CRH FY17 results see sales of EUR27.6bn

01 March 2018, Published under Cement News

CRH has released its full year 2017 results and reports sales of EUR27.6 bn, up two per cent on 2016 on a like-for-like basis. EBITDA was up six per cent to EUR3.3bn from EUR3.14bn in 2016. The EBITDA margin rose by  12 per cent, up from 11.5 per cent in 2016. All divisions posted LFL EBITDA growth: with Americas Products (+12 per cent), Americas Materials (+4 per cent), Americas Products (+5 per cent), Europe Heaviside (+6 per cent), Europe Lightside (+5 per cent) and Europe Distribution (...

Kohat Cement Co reports FY17 profit fall

19 September 2017, Published under Cement News

Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KOHC) of Pakistan has reported a FY17 profit after tax of PKR3.54bn (US$33.5m), a drop of over 19 per cent YoY. Total sales of the cement producer fell to PKR13.54bn during this period from PKR14.019bn of FY16. The company incurred selling and distribution expenses of PKR129m, and administrative and general costs of PKR163bn compared to PKR154m and PKR133m, respectively, when compared with FY16. Financing costs stood at PKR84m. The company also announced a fina...