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Vicat advances in India and Kazakhstan

06 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Vicat's turnover increased by 1.2 per cent in 2012 to €2292.2m, which becomes an underlying decline of 0.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis. Turnover in cement was ahead by 1.6 per cent to €1155.7m, while aggregates and concrete sales were ahead by one per cent to €826.1m. Other activities saw turnover edge ahead by 0.2 per cent to €310.5m. Cement accounted for 52.3 per cent of turnover, very marginally higher than the 52.1 per cent in the previous year. The concrete and aggregate...

Cementir improves profits in spite of lower volumes   

01 February 2013, Published under Cement News

Cementir Holding saw turnover advance by 4.6 per cent to €976.2m, helped by better prices, and the EBITDA improved by 11.1 per cent to €138.0m. Net debt at the end of 2012 was 4.2 per cent higher at €373m. The number of employees increased by 3.3 per cent to 3307. Group shipments of grey and white cement declined by six per cent to 9.85Mt, reflecting lower volumes in Italy and in Egypt and a decline in exports from Turkey. This was in part offset by higher volumes in the Far East. Aggre...

Fitch Affirms Siam Cement at 'A(tha)'; Outlook Stable

31 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Fitch Ratings (Thailand) Limited has affirmed The Siam Cement Public Company Ltd's (SCC) national long-term rating at 'A(tha)', its national short-term rating at 'F1(tha)' and its senior unsecured debentures at 'A(tha)'. The Outlook is Stable. The ratings reflect SCC's well-diversified business which helps support cash flow generation, particularly during the difficult operating period of its chemical unit in the past two years, Fitch said in a statement. Likely strong cement and packaging ...

Lucky Cement first-half boosted by higher prices, Pakistan

29 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Pakistan’s leading cement producer Lucky Cement has recorded a strong rise in profit for the first half of the current fiscal year, driven by higher selling prices. Profit for the first six months of FY12-13 rose 42.15 per cent rise to PKR4.29bn (US$44m). Cement prices during the period rose 13 per cent to PKR465/bag (US$4.76) in the south zone and eight per cent in the north to PKR438. Additional  increasing income and declining financial charges supported the company's bottom-line. G...

Yanbu Cement full-year net profit rises 36% YoY

28 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Saudi cement producer Yanbu Cement Co (YCC) reported a surge in full-year net profit thanks to increased demand and a new production line as top capacity players benefit from the country's boom period. The company's net profit rose 36 per cent YoY in 2012 to SAR720.5m (US$192.1m). Earnings per share (EPS) stood at SAR 6.86, up from SAR 5.04. Local cement producers have been riding high on government projects which puts emphasis on improving education, social services and basic infrastruc...

Xinjian Tianshan Cement expects 75 per cent net profit drop, China

28 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co Ltd, a Shenzhen-listed cement producer, estimated 25 January that net profit for 2012 to be about CNY305m (US$49m), a a YoY decline of 75 per cent.

Dyckerhoff to take impairment charge on Russian project

25 January 2013, Published under Cement News

German cement major said it is to take an impairment charge of approximately EUR26m on fixed assets due to a cement project in Russia that was halted in 2009.   Due to the impact of the global financial crisis, Dyckerhoff stopped construction of the new plant and construction has not resumed to-date. Following an extensive analysis conducted by the company, Dyckerhoff has said that construction of the project at the planned location “is not assured in the foreseeable future.” Therefore an i...

Boral lifts 1HFY13 net profit guidance, Australia

23 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Boral Ltd today announced that following stronger-than-expected performance in the December 2012 quarter, it expects net profit after tax (before significant items) for the first half of FY13 to be approximately AUD52m, subject to finalisation of the audit review. At its 2012 Annual General Meeting on 1 November, the company had said that it expected Boral’s first half FY13 net profit after tax (before significant items) to be comparable with that achieved in the second half of FY2012, whic...

Oman Cement net profit rises 37% in 2012

23 January 2013, Published under Cement News

Oman Cement Company announced a 37 per cent rise in net profit in 2012 following a rise in revenue. Net profit for the 12 months to December 2012 climbed to OMR17.5m (US$45.5m) from OMR12.8m from the year before. Revenue rose to OMR59.3m in 2012 from OMR50.7m the year before. Total expenses stood at OMR39.6m, up from OMR36.2m. Oman’s cement sector, which had previously been experiencing problems due to a dampening of demand in the UAE cement sector, registered positive growth in 2012 t...

Shree Cement sees jump in third-quarter net profit, India

22 January 2013, Published under Cement News

India-based producer Shree Cement reported a 267 per cent rise in net profit to INR2174.4m (US$40.4m) for the third quarter of FY12-13 compared to INR591.9m in the same period of last year. Total income increased by 20.46 per cent to INR14.60bn for the quarter ended 31 December 2012 from INR12.12bn for the same period the year before. Net sales increased by 19.5 per cent INR14.28bn for 3QFY12-13 compared to INR11.95bn in 3QFY11-12. Shree Cement has a cement production capacity of 13.4...