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Mastek to optimise Yanbu Cement's new production line

24 April 2024, Published under Cement News

Mastek announced that it has won the multi-tower deal from Yanbu Cement Co (YCC) to optimise the efficiency of YCC's production line. YCC is investing in a digital and cloud modernisation with Mastek, aligning with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and Smart Industry 4.0 initiatives. Following the execution of multiple back office and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) transformation programs in the first phase initiated in 2022, Mastek will kick-off the second phase, focussing on automating YCC...

Saudi cement companies fined for price manipulation

14 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Competition (GAC) has fined 14 cement companies a total of SAR140m (US$37.33m) for price manipulation activities. Each company has been found guilty of trying to manipulate Saudi’s cement market with price increases, resulting in a SAR10m fine each. According to the Saudi Gazette, the GAC received numerous complaints that several cement producers were collaborating to raise cement prices and share the local market between themselves. After collecti...

Yanbu Cement full-year profit up 35%

16 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabia-based Yanbu Cement has reported a 35 per cent increase in full-year net profit to SAR215.41m (US$57.44m) from SAR159.56m in the year-ago period. Sales were up five per cent YoY to SAR981.17m from SAR934.03m on the back of improved selling prices in the domestic and export markets. In addition, the cost of sales decreased. Clinker production increased.

Yanbu Cement pays out US$31m in dividends

12 December 2022, Published under Cement News

Yanbu Cement Company is to pay out cash dividends worth SAR118.12m (US$31.49m) to shareholders in the second half of 2022. This represents 7.5 per cent of capital. According to the bourse disclosure, the Saudi Arabia-based company will disburse SAR0.75 per share for 157.5m eligible shares.  The cement producer reported a 4.38 per cent YoY advance in net profit after zakat and tax to SAR156.24m in the opening nine months of 2022. Revenues slipped 0.13 per cent to SAR741.9m, while earning...

Yanbu Cement posts 4% rise in profit in 9M22

27 October 2022, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabia-based Yanbu Cement Co has announced net profit after zakat and tax of SAR156.24m (US$41.6m) in the opening nine months of 2022, up 4.38 per cent on the SAR149.69m seen in the same period a year earlier. Revenue over the same timeframe slipped 0.13 per cent YoY from SAR742.87m to SAR741.9m. In the third quarter of 2022, revenue advanced by 26.14 per cent YoY from SAR207.78m to SAR262.1m. Compared to the 2Q22, revenue was up 10.05 per cent. Net profit after zakat and tax came i...

Yanbu Cement 2Q profits down 25% in 1H22

28 July 2022, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabian cement producer Yanbu Cement Co reported a 24.5 per cent fall in its net profits after zakat and tax to SAR86.97m (US$23.2m) when compared with the 1H21, when the company achieved profits of SAR115.23m. Revenues were down by 10.3 per cent to SAR479.8m in the 1H22 from SAR353.09m in the 1H21. While second-quarter revenues slipped by 1.9 per cent YoY to SAR238.17m from SAR242.69m in the 2Q21, 2Q22 net profits after zakat and tax advanced 14.9 per cent to SAR48.04m from SAR41....

Yanbu Cement sees 17% fall in 1Q22 revenue

23 May 2022, Published under Cement News

Yanbu Cement has reported a 17.4 per cent YoY decline in revenue to SAR242m (US$64.53m) in the opening quarter of 2022. However, this was still above the SAR224m estimated by Al Rajhi Capital. Gross profit over the same period contracted by 33 per cent YoY, while operating profit fell by 41.4 per cent, according to Trade Arabia.   The Saudi company attributes the decline to a 6.7 per cent fall in cement volumes, which came in at 1.3Mt in the 1Q22. This compares to an average contraction...

Yanbu Cement acquires Yanbu Saudi Kuwaiti Paper Products Co

25 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Saudi’s Yanbu Cement has acquired shares owned by Kuwait’s Shuaiba Industrial Co in its unit Yanbu Saudi Kuwaiti Paper Products Co for SAR32.3m (US$8.6m). The transaction allowed the transfer of a 40 per cent stake in the paper manufacturer to Yanbu Cement, making it the full owner of the former, according to a bourse filing. Yanbu Cement will fund the transaction from its own resources. In line with the company’s expansion and growth visions, the deal aims to provide material a...

Yanbu Cement profits drop 43% in 2021

07 March 2022, Published under Cement News

Yanbu Cement saw its revenue slip to SAR934m (US$249.1m) in 2021 from SAR940m in 2020. As selling prices fell, net profit decreased 43 per cent to SAR160m in 2021 from SAR281m in the previous year, according to a bourse filing. An increase in general and administrative expenses also contributed to the decline in profit.

Yanbu Cement completes modernisation project

14 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Yanbu Cement Co has announced   the completion of its Kiln Line 4 modernisation project following the recent shutdown. The reason for exceeding the previously announced end date is due to the delay in receiving some spare parts and the improvement of operations of the Line 4.