Cement News tagged under: South America
Cimpor boosted by South American operations28 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsCimpor's underlying first half turnover improved by 19.6 per cent to EUR1299.8m as the company is boosted by its new South America operations but Portuguese losses more than double. EBITDA for the six month period advanced by a more modest 6.3 per cent to EUR284.2m. Ignoring non-recurring charges, the EBITDA would have been some 19 per cent ahead a EUR331m, while the improvement on the re-stated last year numbers was 28.1 per cent. On this basis, the trading profit increased by 34.6 per c... |
Cemex expects best volume growth from USA26 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsCemex reported a slight decline in turnover for the first half of 2013, with EBITDA also down marginally but the trading profit improved by double digits. While volumes were down in the first six months, the group sees full year sales edging ahead with the USA expected to show the best advance. Cemex' first half turnover eased by 0.7 per cent to US$7322.1m and EBITDA came off by 1.7 per cent to US$1251.2m, but the trading profit improved 13.8 per cent to US$690.2m. Net interest payment... |
INC notes 21% sales rise, Paraguay09 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement sales by Paraguay’s state cement company INC increased by 21 per cent to 4.8m bags in June when compared with the same month last year. January cement sales peaked at 1,145,623 bags but notably dropped to 699,330 the following month – a trend which continued in March when INC delivered 577,623. Fortunately, sales picked up in April as the company sold 802,646 bags. However, June showed an 11 per cent MoM decrease from 884,441 bags in May to 787,217 bags as rain affected building wo... |