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Vietnam Jan-Aug production falls YoY

29 August 2012, Published under Cement News

Vietnam is estimated to have produced 36.9Mt of cement in the first eight months of this year, a fall of 5.7 per cent from the same period of last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).  Cement output in August is likely to have increased by 14.29 per cent from July to 5.5Mt, the government office said in a report released on Monday. The GSO has revised down its cement output figures for the first seven months of 2012 to 31.4Mt from the previously-estimated 32Mt. Las...

Thang Long Cement plans to increase exports, Vietnam

29 August 2012, Published under Cement News

Vietnam-based producer Thang Long Cement JSC plans to double monthly cement exports to Cambodia from its Hiep Phuoc grinding plant to 10,000 due to increased demand in the neighbouring market. Since the start of this year, the company has shipped around 5000t and 2000t of cement to Cambodia and Indonesia, respectively from the grinding facility, according to the company’s director Mai Anh Tai. Thang Long Cement plans to export around a further 150,000t of cement to these two markets betwe...

The Vissai to acquire US$83.2m cement project in central Vietnam

23 August 2012, Published under Cement News

Vietnamese cement maker The Vissai is completing legal procedures to acquire a cement project in the central province of Nghe An from Do Luong Cement JSC with a registered investment of nearly VND1.739trn (US$83.2m). “The acquisition is nearly completed,” said a representative of The Vissai said in an interview with Dau Tu newspaper’s reporter. With the Do Luong cement plant, The Vissai will have six cement plants with a combined capacity of more than 7Mta. Construction of the Do Luong ce...

Vietnam: cement sales decline

22 August 2012, Published under Cement News

Total domestic cement consumption during the first seven months of this year was 27.6Mt, down by three per cent against the same time last year and 50 per cent of the yearly target, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction. In July alone, only 4.14Mt of cement were sold, 300,000t lower than the previous month. The downturn has been blamed on the gloomy real-estate market. To better deal with cement stockpiles, cement producers have pushed exports. A total of 4.5Mt of clinker an...

YenBai Cement posts second quarter loss, Vietnam

10 August 2012, Published under Cement News

YenBai Cement and Minerals said it incurred a loss of VND5.69bn (US$271,000) in the second quarter of this year, marking its fifth consecutive quarter of losses Revenues declined five per cent on year to VND82bn during the period, the company said in a quarterly financial statement. Higher prime cost to revenue ratio was mainly blamed for the company’s loss, despite an earning of VND3.46bn from other incomes. In the Jan-June period the cement producer made a loss of VND11.47bn on revenues ...

Vinaconex sells 8M shares of cement producer

10 August 2012, Published under Cement News

Vietnam Construction and Import-Export JS Corporation or Vinaconex (VCG) sold eight million shares of Yen Binh Cement JSC on July 26. The decision was made because VCG is restructuring its holdings in Yen Binh firm, local financial website Cafef reported. As a result, VCG cut its holding in the cement producer to 26 per cent equal to 6.66 million shares from earlier 57.25 per cent. (Source: Vietnam News Brief Service)

Semen Gresik plans name change to raise its profile, Indonesia

03 August 2012, Published under Cement News

State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said Indonesian state-owned Semen Gresik is set to change its name to Semen Indonesia in a bid to raise the company’s international profile. The change is subject to approval by shareholders expected October or November this year, the minister said on Tuesday. Once the change becomes official, Dwi Doetjipto, president director of Semen Gresik, will become chief executive of Semen Indonesia. Dahlan said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indone...

Hai Van Cement net profit rises 74%

27 July 2012, Published under Cement News

Hai Van Cement JSC reported a net profit of VND3.6bn in the second quarter of 2012, up 74 per cent YoY, the firm said in its financial statements posted on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (STC)’s website. Its total revenue reached VND195.28bn in the period, up four per cent from VND187.02bn a year earlier, the firm reported. Meanwhile, its total costs only rose three pe rcent on year to VND188.9bn, leading to an on year rise of 74 per cent in net profit of the firm. In 1H12, the company earne...

Vicem pretax profit rises 72.2%

25 July 2012, Published under Cement News

Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) reported a pretax profit of VND333bn (US$15.91m) in the first half of this year, rising 72.7 per cent YoY,  meeting 44.3 per cent of the whole-year target. Its revenues, however fell 1.2 per cent YoY to VND14.22trn during the period, or 43.6 per cent of the full-year target, the group said. Vicem sold 9.71Mt of cement and clinker in the first half of this year, down 1.4 per cent against the same period last year, of which 650,000t were exported –...

Vietnam cement prices drop on weak demand

23 July 2012, Published under Cement News

The price of cement in Vietnam has dropped to VND100,000/t (US$4.8) in the first half of 2012 due to low demand and high stockpiles, according to the Vietnam Cement Association. For the six months to June 2012, cement production and consumption fell 10 per cent YoY to 24.3Mt and 23.6Mt, respectively. Local producers have exported 3Mt of clinker and 700,000t of cement in the first half of the year.  (Source: Vietnam News Agency Bulletin)