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Siam Cement second-quarter net profit surges

01 August 2013, Published under Cement News

Siam Cement posted a surge in YoY net profit in the second quarter of 2013, boosted by strong earnings in its core businesses including its cement division. Thailand’s largest conglomerate doubled net profit for the April-June 2013 period to THB9.92bm (US$317m), up 132 per cent from THB4.28bn a year ago. Revenue increased six per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier to THB106.5bn. The company said it received THB2.9bn in dividend contributions from SCG Investment during the pe...

Siam Cement 2Q13 earnings growth forecast

12 July 2013, Published under Cement News

Siam Cement Co is expected to report YoY robust earnings growth thanks to impressive performances from its three core businesses including its cement division. KGI Securities expect SCC to report a 2Q13 net profit of THB8.8bn, up 106 per cent YoY and 0.2 per cent QoQ. ?  In terms of its cement division, concerns about a delay to the government's THB2tn borrowing bill would impact sentiment for the cement unit but not the actual demand for building materials. This is thanks to steady sp...

Thailand: Siam Cement may raise sales target, core businesses strong

27 June 2013, Published under Cement News

Thailand's top industrial conglomerate, Siam Cement Plc, is considering raising its 2013 sales growth target due to a strong first-half performance in its core cement businesses, petrochemicals and paper, its chief executive said. Both domestic and foreign markets have shown higher-than-expected growth so far this year, Kan Trakulhoon told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar. The company was also in talks to acquire a paper packaging plant in Indonesia and planned to conclude details a...

Thailand: Siam City Cement's Insee Green Park project

26 June 2013, Published under Cement News

The new Insee Green Park in Saraburi province represents Siam City Cement's (SCC) concern for sustainable development and a green environment. "Green Heart" is the business motto of SCC, producer and distributor of the premium cement brand Insee since 2010. It sees the park as a way to develop its green products and its corporate social responsibility programme, which focuses on the environment. The company's adviser Chantana Sukumanont said the Insee Green Park is a pilot project designed...

Siam Cement Group to begin Myanmar plant construction in 2H13

06 June 2013, Published under Cement News

Siam Cement Group of Thailand plans to kick start construction of a greenfield cement plant in neighbouring Myanmar in the second half of this year, having received regulatory approval. The 1.7Mta cement factory has been given the go-ahead by the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC), allowing the Thai conglomerate to begin construction as soon as the investment value is finalised by SCG's board, according to president and chief executive KanTrakulhoon. The investment value is expected to b...

TPI Polene awards ThyssenKrupp contract for 10,000tpd line, Thailand

30 May 2013, Published under Cement News

TPI Polene, one of Thailand’s top three cement producers, has awarded ThyssenKrupp a EUR150m contract to build a 10,000tpd kiln line at the Saraburi works, near the capital Bangkok. "This contract underlines our longstanding partnership with Thailand in the plant construction sector. We are delighted to be able to use our engineering expertise to support the Thai cement industry and serve the growing demand for cement with our energy-efficient facilities," Dr Hans Christoph Atzpodien, CEO o...

Siam City Cement 1Q sales rise, net profit hit by higher costs, Thailand

13 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Siam City Cement Co (SCCC), Thailand’s second-largest cement producer, reported a decline in operating and net profit for the 1Q13 despite a rise in sales as higher electricity and transport costs negatively affected results. Net profit for the three months to the end of March 2013 was THB1.12bn (US$37.7m), down 5.4 per cent on the same quarter of last year. Sales, however, were up 8.4 per cent YoY to THB7.5bn from THB6.9bn in the same period of last year. The rise was attributed to in...

Siam Cement appoints Chinese contractor for new Indonesian plant

10 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand has signed an agreement with China-based Anhui Conch Design & Research Institute for the construction of a greenfield plant in West Java, Indonesia. The Chinese company, a subsidiary of the Anhui Conch Group, will supply machinery and equipment and provide engineering and construction services for the 1.8Mta plant to be constructed in Sukabumi. The new cement works will be run by Siam Cement’s wholly-owned subsidiary PT Semen Jawa. With an investment to...

Siam City Cement adds water management to Sustainability Roadmap, Thailand

02 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Thailand's second-largest producer Siam City Cement (SCCC) is to add water management and conservation to its Sustainable Development Roadmap and plans to spend THB58.7m (US$2m) on water conservation and related activities from 2012-18. The company's cement operations in Saraburi have been self-dependent in water supplies without drawing water from public sources. Managing director, Philippe Arto, told the Bangkok Post: “In Saraburi province, we pumped water from underground, but now w...

Siam Cement Group to lift capacity by 4.5Mta in two years

25 April 2013, Published under Cement News

Siam Cement Group plans to spend US$1.5bn to expand cement production capacity in Southeast Asia by 4.5Mta over the next two years. President and chief executive of Siam Cement Kan Trakhulhoon told the Bangkok Post that the US$400m cement plant in Indonesia is already under construction with Phase 1 expected to come on-stream by 2015. Meanwhile, the Myanmar cement factory is still awaiting approval, but Phase 1 is also slated to be operational by 2015 and involve a similar cost. The compa...