Cement News tagged under: Southern Province Cement
IKN commissions Southern Province Cement cooler25 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsIKN has successful commissioned the new Southern Province Cement Co Bisha line 1 clinker cooler in Saudi Arabia. This is the conclusion of a very challenging project that started with the preassembly of the IKN equipment, directly followed by the shutdown, whereby the existing cooler was demolished and replaced by the latest generation IKN cooler. The excellent collaboration between Sweden Industrial Services and IKN was key in bringing this endeavour to a successful close, workin... |
Saudi cement sales rise 5% in November08 December 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe aggregate sales of 17 Saudi cement producers rose one per cent YoY to 4.8Mt in November 2022, according to Yamama Cement Co ’s data. Locally, nine market players reported sales growth, led by United Cement Co with 110 per cent YoY, followed by Northern Region Cement Co with 54 per cent YoY. Eight cement producers reported lower sales, including Umm Al-Qura Cement Co with a fall of 46 per cent YoY. Al Jouf Cement Co had the next largest drop in sales at 22 per cent YoY. Seven... |
Southern Province Cement announces new 10,000tpd line03 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s Southern Province Cement has announced a new 10,000tpd production line at its Jizan cement plant in the south of the country. The project will replace the plant’s current production lines, with construction expected to begin in the second half of 2021. |
Saudi Arabian cement companies see combined profits rise 39%12 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe combined profits of 14 Tadawul-listed Saudi cement companies grew by 39.3 per cent YoY to SAR840.87m during the 3Q20, compared with SAR603.54m in the same period of 2019, according to Mubasher. A total of 13 cement firms achieved growth in quarterly profits, while Northern Region Cement saw profits fall. The net profit of Southern Province Cement Co was the highest in the third quarter, rising 66.7 per cent YoY to SAR150m. Qassim Cement saw a 22.1 per cent advance in profit to SAR1... |
Southern Province Cement names new CEO13 July 2020, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s Southern Province Cement has named Aqeel Futis Kadasa as its new CEO, effective from 12 July 2020. The appointment follows the resignation of Safar Mohammad Dhufayer on 11 July. Mr Kadasa began working for Yamama Cement and then the Saudi Electricity Company before joining Southern Province in 1997, where he later became deputy CEO for industrial services. |
Southern Province Cement Co sees net profit surge 137%11 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s Southern Province Cement Co has seen its net profit for 2019 surge 137.4 per cent YoY to SAR463m (US$123.47m) from SAR195m. The considerable advance has been attributed to a 46.4 per cent increase in sales, amongst other factors. Company revenue also climbed 46.4 per cent to SAR1.3bn from SAR888m in 2018. |
Saudi Arabia records 22% production increase in December09 January 2020, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabian cement sales rose 24.2 per cent YoY in terms of volume in December 2019, while total production increased 21.7 per cent to 4.7Mt from 3.86Mt, according to Mubasher. Cement inventories in the country declined 0.6 per cent YoY to 1.18Mt in the last month of 2019. Southern Province Cement Co recorded the highest volume of sales during the month, totalling around 708,000t, followed by Saudi Cement Co with 586,000t. |
Southern Province Cement to sell 20,000t of cement to Yemen05 December 2018, Published under Cement NewsSouthern Province Cement has signed an agreement to export 20,000t of Portland cement to Yemen. The contract expects to deliver the volume over a three-month period, starting from the date of the first shipment, according to Reuters. |
Southern Province Cement 1Q profit falls 3%08 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabian cement producer Southern Province Cement Co has reported a 2.9 per cent YoY decrease in net profits in the 1Q18. Net profits fell to SAR102m (US$27.2m) in the three-month period ended March 2018, compared to SAR105m in 1Q17, according to the company’s statement to the Saudi Stock Exchange. Southern Province has attributed the drop to a decrease in sales due to lower demand and a lower selling price. Total sales contracted 9.6 per cent to SAR274m from SAR303m in 1Q17. |
Red Sea City plan raises Saudi cement firms' share prices30 October 2017, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s plan to build an entirely new US$500bn city, Neom, by the Red Sea has breathed life into the country’s beaten-down cement sector. Shares of companies such as Saudi Cement Co, Southern Province Cement Co and Yanbu Cement Co, the country’s biggest by market value, have all risen since the kingdom announced the Neom plan earlier this week, reports Arabian Business. The announcement "is surely a long-term positive for the cement sector - a sector which has been reeling... |