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West China Cement net profit drops 65%, China16 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsWest China Cement has reported a 65 per cent drop in first-half profit as selling prices declined and production costs increased. Net income dropped to CNY138.5m (US$23m) from CNY419m a year earlier, the cement producer said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday. Sales were down 7.1 per cent to CNY1.59bn. The Shaanxi cement market will gradually recover this year, with pricing power maintained and possibly improved, the company said in a statement. Earlier this week, ... |
ACC sees Indian demand rising 10 per cent YoY, India16 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement major ACC has said cement demand may grow at a healthy rate of 10 per cent in 2012 but subdued capacity utilisation and higher raw material costs will keep prices under pressure. "The demand for cement is expected to grow at 10 per cent over 2011. A lower utilisation rate coupled with increase in cost of raw materials and increasing logistics costs are likely to keep overall prices under pressure in all regions," it said in its annual report. "Pressure on costs will continu... |
HSBC lifts Lafarge share price target, France14 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsHSBC has lifted the share price target of Lafarge to EUR55 from EUR52 and reiterated its "overweight" recommendation. Analysts with HSBC revised up by three per cent their expectations for the EBITDA of the company, due to the increase in cement prices. The broker considers that in the first half of 2012, the building materials producer laid the foundations of good financial performance for the entire year. Lafarge booked a EUR13m (US$16.02m) net attributable profit for the first half of ... |
Indonesia’s July sales rise 9.9 per cent13 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia's domestic cement sales rose 9.9 per cent in July from a year ago, up from 9.5 per cent in June, data from the country's biggest cement firm PT Semen Gresik Tbk showed on Monday. Southeast Asia's biggest economy consumed more than 4.8Mt of cement in July, up 7.2 per cent on a monthly basis. The Moluccas islands and Papua led July growth at 51.1 per cent, while main islands Java and Sumatra led sales volumes. July cement sales volume was boosted by additional supply from... |
Fujairah Cement reverses loss, increases sales, UAE13 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsFujairah Cement reported increased sales in the six months to June 2012 of 16 per cent to US$$83.6m in the six months to June 30 and it reversed a $2.4m loss last year into a $5.5m profit. Earnings per share also climbed to 1.55 cents (5.7 fils), compared to a loss of 0.68 cents (2.5 fils) last year. Despite this, however, the company said that the recession that has been felt in the construction sector is "continuing". A statement accompanying the firm's results from general manage... |
JK Cement reports YoY gains, India10 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement reported a healthy growth in earnings on the back of both higher volumes and realisations in the first quarter of the current fiscal. In the June 2012 quarter, the company reported 38 per cent YoY growth in net profits, the Economic Times of India reports. Revenues grew by 21 per cent YoY to INR736 crore mainly due to 15 per cent growth in dispatches and a five per cent increase in realisation per ton. However, on a sequential basis, dispatches were 11 per cent lower compared to... |
Gansu Qilianshan hit by declining prices, China10 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsGansu Qilianshan Cement Group Co said that its net profit attributable to shareholders plunged 89 per cent YoY to CNY26.49m (US$4.2m) in the first half of this year due to a sharp fall in selling prices Basic earnings per share for the period were CNY0.06, less than CNY.52 it booked in the corresponding period of last year. According to a statement filed with Shanghai Stock Exchange, the company saw its operation revenue reached CNY1.86bn for the period, reflecting a YoY increase of 10... |
Indian cement prices ease09 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement prices have started to ease over the past two weeks, declining by an average of two per cent, according to reports in the Business Standard of India. Markets had been witnessing a continual increases despite the Competition Commission of India’s cartel ruling back in June However, the average nationwide price of cement has fallen from INR310/50kg bag to INR304/bag. Heavy rains and floods in the northeast and states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have resulted in prices comi... |
Tanzanian production costs seen coming down, competition to increase08 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement production costs in Tanzania are expected to decline in the near future due to falling energy costs and improved supply. A study entitled “Equity Research Cement Sector Local Listed Companies” by Tanzanian Securities indicates that due to the expected entry of three new players, prices are also seen declining. "We see an improvement in energy supply, introduction of new sources of energy and stabilisation of energy prices in the country as a special opportunity for cement producers"... |
Siam City Cement 2Q net profit falls, Thailand06 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsSiam City Cement Plc (SCCC), Thailand's second-largest cement producer, reported a 30.5 per cent drop in 2Q net profit although sales increased by more than 12 per cent as operating margins were hurt by lower cement prices and higher energy costs. In a filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand on 2 August, SCCC said its net profit totalled THB809m in the quarter to June compared to THB1.056bn a year before. Net sales, meanwhile, rose 12.2 per cent to THB6.49bn as domestic cement consumption... |