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Vulcan looks for further improvements in 2013

15 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Vulcan Materials' turnover edged up by 0.1 per cent last year to US$2567.3m, marking the second consecutive year of virtually static sales. EBITDA, again little changed, eased by 0.4 per cent to US$423.5m. Excluding exceptional exchange offer costs, the EBITDA increased by 9.2 per cent to US$466.8ms. After a net interest charge 2.4 per cent lower at US$211.9m, the pre-tax loss was again reduced by around one-fifth to US$120.4m and the net loss came down by 25.7 per cent to US$52.7m. Capi...

Saudi Cement net profit rises 32.3% in 2012

14 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Saudi Cement Company said today its net profit for 2012 rose 32.3 per cent YoY to SAR1.1bn (US$293m) thanks to higher demand. Earnings per share stood at SAR7.2, up from SAR5.43 a year earlier. The operating profit rose to SAR1.14bn in the 12 months to December 2012 from SAR865.1m in 2011.

FLSmidth orders up 15% while EBITDA rises 9% in 2012

12 February 2013, Published under Cement News

In its newly-released 2012 annual report, Denmark-based cement plant maker FLSmidth & Co A/S announced a 15 per cent increase in its order intake, bringing the figure to DKK27.727bn (US$4.98bn) in 2012. Its revenues increased by over a fifth from DKK27.136bn to DKK29.451bn. The company also reported an EBITDA rise of nine per cent to DKK2.759bn, giving an EBITDA margin of 11.1 per cent, slight lower than the previous year’s figure of 12.3 per cent. The cement division operated in a market...

India: Ambuja Cement Q4 net down by 30%

12 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Ambuja Cement, India's fourth-largest cement maker, slipped considerably in its latest quarterly performance. The Holcim-owned cement major's profitability for the December quarter declined far below the estimates, making it one of the cement industry's worst performances in recent quarters. At a time when its sister concern ACC managed a better-than-expected quarterly show, Ambuja's net profits plunged 30 per cent to INR2120m (US$39.2m) compared with INR3020m (US$55.9m) in the previous co...

Cemex full-year turnover eases, EBITDA improves

08 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Cemex has reported its full-year 2012 results which show decline in turnover but advance in EBITDA. Net debt is reduced but interest charge and gearing rise. Cemex' turnover eased by 1.5 per cent in 2012 to US$14,983.8m, but EBITDA did improve by 10.2 per cent to US$2614.7m and the trading profit advanced by 35.3 per cent to US$1308m, having recovered by 12.2 per cent in the previous year from its low point. The net interest charge continued to rise and was ahead by five per cent to US$14...

ACC sees 49 per cent drop in quarterly profit

08 February 2013, Published under Cement News

India’s second largest cement producer ACC reported a 49 per cent YoY drop in net profit for the third quarter of the current fiscal. The company, in which Swiss cement major Holcim owns a 50.3 per cent stake, reported a net profit of INR2.39bn compared with INR4.7bn a year earlier for the October-December 2012 period. The year-ago number included an exceptional gain for a tax write-back of INR1.29bn. Excluding this, profit would have fallen 30 per cent. Higher fuel and transportation cos...

Earthquake reconstruction efforts boost Sumitomo Osaka’s nine month operating profit

08 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Sumitomo Osaka Cement is expected to report a strong gain in operating profit for the first nine months of the fiscal year on the back of earthquake reconstruction efforts. The company is expecting a 90 per cent YoY increase in consolidated operating profit to about JPY9bn for the nine months ended 31 December 2012. This would represent the highest figure for the April-December period in five years. Sales were up by approximately four per cent with consumption for ports and roads in the di...

HeidelbergCement advances in Asia and Africa, but does less well in Europe

07 February 2013, Published under Cement News

The preliminary figures from HeidelbergCement show an 8.7 per cent advance in turnover last year to €14,020m, or by 4.2 per cent on a comparative basis. EBITDA improved by a more modest 6.7 per cent to €2477m and the trading profit advanced by 9.5 per cent to €1613m, or by 5.6 per cent adjusting for currency movements and changes in the scope of consolidation. The number of employees declined by 1.1 per cent to 51,966, as a reduction of around people 1200 in North America and Europe was par...

Cemex Lat'Am publishes 2012 results

07 February 2013, Published under Cement News

As a result of the flotation of a minority stake in the Central and South American operations of Cemex, Cemex Latin American Holdings' 2012 results have just been published for the first time, on the eve of the parent company's annual results announcement. The pro forma figures show a 25.4 per cent increase in turnover to US$1591.7m and an EBITDA advancing by 44.4 per cent to US$547.5m as the margin increased from 29.9 per cent to 34.4 per cent. The trading profit showed a 55.3 per cent a...

Italcementi: European decline largely offset by Asian improvement

07 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Italcementi's group cement shipments in 2012 saw a decline of 6.6 per cent to 45.9Mt with cement volumes being down in Europe and in the Middle East, but improving elsewhere. Group turnover declined by 3.8 per cent last year to €4480.1m, or by 4.9 per cent on a comparable basis and the turnover from cement and clinker was off by three per cent to €2903.5m. In concrete and aggregates, turnover fell by 7.8 per cent to €1280.3m as shipments of aggregates fell by 10.8 per cent to 34Mt and re...