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Kuwait Portland Cement net profit surges

07 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Kuwait Portland Cement said its net profit surged to KWD3.2m (US$11.3m) in the first quarter of 2013 from KWD2.3m a year ago, the trader said in a bourse statement. Earnings per share (EPS) rose to 34.69 fils from 24.8 fils. Total assets stood at KWD 80.2m at end the end of March 2013, up from KWD75.3m a year earlier. Kuwait Portland Cement Co. is engaged in import of bulk cement and supply in the local markets. It has a 60,000t silo from which it distributes imported cement.

Boral's 3Q earnings hit by weak residential market, Australia

06 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Australian building materials major, Boral Ltd, announced that continued weakness in the domestic housing sector and weaker-than-expected results from its Construction Materials and Building Products operations adversely impacted its third quarter earnings.  In a recent trading statement, the company said it now expects its net profit before one-off items to 30 June 2013 to be in the range A$90m to A$105m, assuming a further US$10m from property sales yet to be finalised. That would compa...

Dyckerhoff sees advances in Russia, USA volumes stable

03 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Dyckerhoff Group, a Buzzi Unicem subsidiary, reported a decline in sales for the first three months to the end of March 2013 due to unfavourable weather conditions. In an advanced statement, the group said that total sales were down by 11 per cent. Sales were down in all regions in which the group operates except for Russia where volumes increased, and the USA where they remained almost stable. Group EBITDA fell by a total of EUR9m, of which EUR2m was due to a one-time negative effect. Th...

Cementos Molins first-quarter profit down by 53%

03 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Spanish cement maker Cementos Molins reported a 53 per cent on the year drop in its profit for the first quarter of 2013 to EUR4.7m, mainly due to the losses sustained by the domestic market. Spanish subsidiaries closed the quarter with a EUR10.96m loss, 47 per cent more than the previous year. Consolidated turnover reached EUR195m with income falling by 18 per cent in the Spain and 6.6 per cent in overseas markets.  The company, which operates a cement plant in the Catalan capital o...

Vulcan Materials cement shipments improve, Jan-March 2013

03 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Leading US aggregates producer Vulcan Materials' first quarter turnover was a mere 0.4 per cent ahead at US$538.2m higher and the EBITDA, which had recovered by 36.4 per cent a year ago, came off by 33.5 per cent to US$27.9m. At the trading level the seasonal loss increased by 8.2 per cent to US$50.1m. After a net interest charge that was 0.9 per cent higher at US$52.8m, the pre-tax loss emerged 5.2 per cent higher at US$100.4m and the net attributable loss was 5.4 per cent higher at US$5...

Cementarnica Usje 2012 net profit falls, Macedonia

03 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Macedonia’s sole cement producer Cementarnica Usje said its consolidated net profit fell to MKD1.32bn (EUR21.4m) in 2012 from MKD1.92bn a year earlier. Sales revenue fell 18 per cent to MKD3.76bn last year while operating profit decreased MKD1.28bn from MKD1.92bn. Despite Macedonian cement demand made solid gains in 2011 when it advanced 24 per cent to 0.82Mt from 0.66Mt the year before. However, much of this advance was surrendered in 2012 with forecasts indicating that demand fell 18 pe...

Dangote sees strong start to second quarter, Nigeria

02 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Nigeria’s largest cement producer, Dangote Cement, has said strong demand in April is likely to help boost second-quarter revenue to NGN98.5bn (US$623.3m). However, the start-up of its long-awaited plant in Senegal  is facing further delays due to land issues. Dangote said in a statement that pretax profit is expected to reach NGN50.6bn (US$320m). First-quarter net income rose 81 per cent to NGN53.7bn as volumes rose by 38 per cent. “The year has begun well for Dangote Cement and our 38 p...

Lucky Cement's nine-month net profit ahead, Pakistan

01 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Lucky Cement, has reported a 49 per cent YoY rise in net profit for the first nine months of FY13 as Pakistan’s largest cement producer by capacity is boosted by higher prices. For the nine month period ending March 2013, the company reported a profit of PKR6.98bn. The company's local cement dispatches rose 2.8 per cent YoY to 2.77Mt while export sales declined by 1.1 per cent YoY to 1.66Mt. Total dispatches stood at 4.43Mt, up by 1.3 per cent. Higher retention prices drove the top-lin...

Cementos Pacasmayo 1Q13 cement sales rise 6.5 per cent

30 April 2013, Published under Cement News

Peruvian cement producer Cementos Pacasmayo reported a sales increase of 6.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2013. Net income rose 13 per cent in the first quarter to PEN45.1m compared to PEN39.9m (US$17m) in the same period of last year. Cement EBITDA rose by 15.1 per cent in the three months to the end of March 2013 reaching PEN84.5mm compared to PEN73.4m in 1Q12. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA margin went from 25.8 per cent in 1Q12 to 27.9 per cent in  1Q13. On February 1, 2013, the Com...

Cemex first quarter sales fall 8% in 1Q13

29 April 2013, Published under Cement News

Cemex' first quarter turnover declined by 5.3 per cent to US$3318.6m, while the EBITDA came off by 8.1 per cent to US$521.1m. Volumes were ahead in the USA and in the Philippines, but declined in most other markets. The trading profit was off by just 0.5 per cent to US$239.1m. The net interest charge increased by 9.7 per cent to US$360.7m, giving an underlying pre-tax loss 33.3 per cent higher at US$141.1m. Once the results from financial instruments and foreign exchange movements are tak...