Cement News tagged under: Ukraine
Ukraine: Eurocement deliveries edge up in 1H1301 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsEurocement Ukraine increased its deliveries by 2.1 per cent YoY to 0.697Mt in the first half of 2013. In addition, the company has enjoyed a steady increase in its bagged cement shipments and noted a 10 per cent rise to 0.259Mt during the same period. Just under a third of the total volume was high-quality CEM I 42.5N, which registered a modest rise of 1.1 per cent (2200t). In addition, offtake of CEM II A-S32.4R cement increased by nearly 40 per cent (40,500t). |
Mykolaivsement announces supervisory board reshuffle27 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsAs a result of the recent change in ownership from Lafarge to CRH, Mykolaivtsement has announced changes to its supervisory board including the position of chairman. Supervisory board chairman Guenther Smetana has been replaced by Barry Leonard. Supervisory board members Alex de Valukhoff and Emanuel Petrovic have been replaced by John Francis Madden and Shane Michael Karmodi. All appointments are for a term of three years. Mykolaivtsement operates an integrated 1.3Mta wet-process work... |
Lafarge sells Ukraine cement plant to CRH26 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsLafarge is to sell its cement activities in Ukraine to CRH plc for an enterprise value of EUR96m. Lafarge, through its subsidiary Mykolaivtsement, operates a 1.3Mta integrated wet-process works at Mikolaiv in western Ukraine, near Lviv and has a domestic market share of around 12 per cent. The transaction, which is expected to close before year-end, is subject to relevant Ukrainian authorities' approval. Lafarge will remain present in Ukraine through three aggregates quarries serving ... |
Mixed results for Ukrainian producers15 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsTwo of Ukraine’s leading cement producers have reported a mixed set of full year 2012 results. Volyn Cement ended 2012 with a net profit of UAH4.032m, according to preliminary data published by Ukrainan News. In 2011, it saw its net revenues up 50.72 per cent or UAH 219.35m to UAH651.838m, comparing with 2010. Volyn Cement is a subsidiary of Dyckerhoff of Germany and operates two integrated works with a combined capacity of 3Mta. Podilskyi Tsement reported a loss of UAH101.418m for ... |
Ukrcement expects cement production decline in 201313 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsUkraine's Ukrcement association expects cement production to fall 5-7 per cent (by 489,000-684,000t) in 2013, against 9.089Mta-9.284Mta in 2012, executive director of the association Petro Lopatiyev reported. At the same time, he noted that a number of experts and market dealers consider the forecast to be quite an optimistic one. Lopatiyev noted that the expected slowdown in the cement production is likely to take place due to the unfavourable situation in the construction market. "We ... |
HeidelbergCement Ukraine names Von Lingen Deputy General Manager12 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe supervisory board of HeidelbergCement Ukraine, based in Dnipropetrovsk region, appointed David von Lingen Deputy General Manager on 8 February 2013. Von Lingen is appointed Deputy General Manager until 8 July 2014. The company supervisory board also decided to dismiss management board members Roman Osada and Pyotr Grigorchuk, and to appoint Marina Muhodinova a board member. Osada and Grigorchuk were on the board for two and four years, respectively; the statement did not mention reason... |
Lafarge Mykolaiv completes environmental project upgrades21 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Lafarge cement plant in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, has completed the overhaul of its filtering and electrical equipment to reduce its dust emissions and meet local regulation requirements. At the end of 2010, Lafarge Ukraine started the implementation of a new environmental project: the reconstruction of the electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) of four rotary kilns, from September 2010 until March 2011, with a staggered scheduling according to the Kiln winter stoppages. The scope of the project w... |
Eurocement’s Ukraine operations see further market growth23 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsPlants operating under the Eurocement-Ukraina network produced more than 1.2Mt of cement in the first nine months of 2012. More than 1.22Mt of cement have been sold in the reporting period. According to VV Gorgolyuk, CEO of Eurocement-Ukraina, results during the period indicate that the potential for further market growth and the strengthening of leadership position in the market of the plants included in Eurocement-Ukraina still have not been exhausted. |
Ship faces detention in Ireland over claims of unpaid wages14 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsA ship carrying cement was facing detention in Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland last night due to an almost €80,000 in alleged unpaid crew wages, according to reports in the Irish Times. The MV Julia’s nine -man crew from Ukraine, Russia and Lithuania had not been paid since May, International Transport Workers Federation co-ordinator for Ireland and Britain Ken Fleming said. The men were owed US$102,700 (€79,110) in unpaid wages, he added. The vessel is owned by Dutch- based compan... |
Ivano-Frankivskcement reports 2011 net profit, Ukraine08 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsUkrainian cement producer Ivano-Frankivskcement achieved a net profit in 2011 of UAH6.039m (EUR0.58m), according to local press reports. Net revenue increased by 23.73% or UAH168.194m to UAH876.974m over 2010. As at the end of 2011, the company's assets were valued at UAH923.404m. (Source: Ukrainian News) |