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Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd sees 27% growth in 2Q net profit

29 August 2024, Published under Cement News

Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd , a Malaysia-based cement manufacturer has released its 2Q24 earnings, for the period ended 30 June 2024.  The group’s revenue fell four per cent YoY to MYR277.99m (US$64.3m), primarily due to lower sales from from its cement and property development divisions of MYR15.51m. The group’s net profit rose 27 per cent YoY, from MYR26.3m to MYR33.4m, with earnings per share of MYR0.003. The growth in net profit was supported by improved gross profit from the company...

Malayan Cement boosts YTL Corp's FY24 results

28 August 2024, Published under Cement News

YTL Cop Bhd posted a net profit slipped to MYR534.48m in the fourth quarter ended 30 June 2024 (4Q24) compared with MYR548.03m in the previous corresponding period, while revenue in 4Q24 dipped to MYR8.27bn from MYR9.21bn a year earlier. In a statement, executive chairman Tan Sri Francis Yeoh Sock Ping said the strong set of results was contributed by all business segments across the board, anchored by the utilities and cement divisions, with the construction, property, hotels and managemen...

YTL Cement to acquire NSL

24 July 2024, Published under Cement News

Malaysian cement producer, YTL Cement, has agreed to acquire Singapore-based NSL for MYR792m (US$169.5m). According to Business Today, NSL is principally involved in the provision of management services and investment holding while its subsidiaries produce and sell building materials, oil and petroleum-related products, and supply environmental services. It is one of the leading producers of precast concrete components in Malaysia and Dubai.  The deal will give YTL Cement an 81.24 per c...

Hume Cement doubles profits

17 May 2024, Published under Cement News

Malaysia’s Hume Cement Industries has reported net profit of MYR61.06m (US$13.04m) in the third quarter of the current financial year, ended 31 March 2024. This has more than doubled compared to the same period a year earlier. Revenue over the same time frame advanced from MYR289m to MYR310.4m. According to the company, the increase in revenue and profit was due to lower manufacturing costs, coupled with a higher cement average selling price and higher sales volumes.  For the first nin...

Cementir's 1Q24 regional market update

13 May 2024, Published under Cement News

Cementir's results for the 1Q24 were overall in line with management's expectations despite the decline in revenues and EBITDA compared to the first quarter of the previous year. The company reported regional growth in Turkish cement sales and Belgian ready-mix sales. Turkey Cement sales volumes increased by 22 per cent compared to the 1Q23 in the domestic market, where the most significant growth was recorded in the Elazig and Kars regions of Eastern Anatolia, supported by post-earthq...

Heidelberg Materials acquires Malaysia's largest pulverised fly ash supplier

03 May 2024, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire ACE Group,the largest supplier of pulverised fly ash in Malaysia, effective 1 May 2024. The acquisition strengthens circularity within Heidelberg Materials’ value chain in Southeast Asia, according to the company. Reusing fly ash from energy generation contributes significantly to reducing the CO2 intensity of composite cement while used as an additive, fly ash can replace part of the energy-intensive clinker ...

New MYR1.2bn cement plant for Sabah

01 May 2024, Published under Cement News

A MYR1.2bn (US$251.5m) integrated cement plant project in Kampung Kawayoi Pinangah, Tongod, central Sabah, Malaysia, will help boost the economy of the local community upon completion. Malaysia’s Sabah Chief Minister Datum Seri Hajiji Moor said that the new plant would complement the existing Cement Industries Sabah (CIS) Sen Bhd plant. “I believe this new factory will not only boost our cement production but we can also be a cement exporter,” he said, during the factory's groundbreaking ce...

Shortlist of candidates for CIMA sale

21 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Seven companies have been identified as potential purchasers of Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA), part of the UEM Group Bhd. According to The Edge Malaysia, of the seven shortlisted candidates, at least three are believed to be foreign - one from Germany, another from the Philippines and one from China. One source reportedly confirmed that none of the candidates are CIMA competitors, so the transaction should not result in any anti-competition issues. In August 2023, UEM Group ...

Cement Industries (Sabah) reopens plant

20 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Malaysia-based  Cement Industries (Sabah) Sdn Bhd ’s cement plant at Sepanggar is operational again after a machinery breakdown. The facility experienced what the company described as a “major main machinery breakdown” in October this year, resulting in its production capacity declining from 2400tpd to 1400tpd, significantly disrupting supplies. According to the Daily Express, repairs were completed within one month with the plant back up and running in early November. The producer, whi...

Hume Cement sees return to profit in 1QFY23-24

17 November 2023, Published under Cement News

Malaysia-based Hume Cement reported a MYR48.33m net profit for the 1QFY23-24, ended 30 September 2023 versus a net loss of MYR12.04m in the year-ago period. Revenues advanced to MYR306.66m in the 1QFY23-24 from MYR206.79m in the 1QFY22-23. The increase was attributed to a revision in the selling price of cement to help offset the rise in energy costs and the higher cement sales volume as the construction sector recovered. Looking ahead, the company forecasts the construction sector to co...