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Eagle Materials records positive FY1817 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsEagle Materials has reported its FY18 and 4QFY18 results, which reflect an all-round positive performance. In the 2018 fiscal year, revenue increased 14 per cent YoY to US$1.4bn and its after-tax margin finished at 19 per cent. The company saw a two per cent rise in revenue for the final quarter of FY18, resulting in a record amount of US$284.7m. This comes despite a US$6m pretax charge related to the settlement by American Gypsum of the antitrust lawsuit brought by a group of homebuilde... |
Lafarge Africa announces NGN34.3bn loss in 201717 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsMobolaji Balogun, Chairman of Lafarge Africa Plc, on Wednesday said the overall drop in domestic cement demand was instrumental to the group’s NGN34.3bn (US$95.1m) loss before tax in the 2017 financial year. Mr Balogun said the cement volumes sold in 2017 were lower by 15.6 per cent compared with 2016 and, as a result, operating profit plummeted to NGN7.9bn, as against NGN12.4bn the previous year. "Cement selling prices recovered in 2017 which helped to partly offset the impact on cost of ... |
JK Lakshmi reports 62% rise in standalone net profit17 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsJK Lakshmi Cement reported a 62.3 per cent YoY rise in standalone net profit to INR338.4m (US$4.99m) in the 4Q18. The company’s total income saw a slight decrease of 0.8 per cent to INR9.23bn, compared with INR9.31bn seen in the year-ago period. However, the company has stated the results in the two periods are not comparable. "With introduction of GST, revenue from operations for current quarter and year are not comparable with corresponding quarter and year, since sales in current ye... |
Mangalam Cement records 8% sales increase in FY1816 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Mangalam Cement Ltd has reported a one per cent YoY increase in net sales for the quarter ending 31 March 2018, rising to INR3.102bn (US$45.76m) from INR3.072bn. Net profit advanced 29.7 per cent to INR45m, compared with INR34.7m of the year-ago period. In the FY18, the company’s net sales surged 7.9 per cent YoY to INR11.49bn (FY17: INR10.66m). However, net profit saw a significant fall of 68.9 per cent to INR113.8m (FY17: INR360.6m). |
JK Cement doubles net profit to INR964.5m15 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement's net profit more than doubled to INR964.5m (US$14.2m) for the fourth quarter ended March 2018. The company had posted a net profit of INR425.7m in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. The cement producer's total revenue during the quarter under review stood at INR13.69bn, up from INR12.55bn in the year-ago period. In the quarter under review, JK Cement reported tax expenses of INR265.3m as against INR745.8m in the corresponding quarter a year ago. For the fiscal year... |
CMS sees 51% rise in profit15 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsMalaysia-based Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) has reported a 15.4 per cent rise in unaudited revenues to MYR354.987m (US$89.7m) in the quarter ended 31 March 2018 from MYR307.679m in the corresponding quarter of 2017. Profit before tax rose 27.8 per cent from MYR44.852m in 1Q17 to MYR56.958 in 1Q18 while profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parents advanced by 50.7 per cent to MYR38.977m from MYR25.864m in 1Q17. “For FY2018, we also expect to see upsides for quarry produc... |
Cementarnica Usje net profit falls in 1Q1815 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsMacedonian cement producer Cementarnica Usje has reported a 14 per cent YoY fall in non-consolidated net profit to MKD94.9m (US$1.8m) in the 1Q18, the company said in an interim statement. The Titan-owned company’s operating revenue during the first quarter of this year declined 14 per cent to MKD645.8m when compared with January-March 2017. Domestic sales fell 15 per cent YoY to MKD428.5m while exports contracted by 12 per cent to MKD194.5m over the three-month period. Meanwhile, Cem... |
Gulf Cement sees 1Q loss15 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsGulf Cement has incurred losses if AED2.9m (US$789,653) in the 1Q18, according to a bourse statement. In the equivalent period of 2017, the company reported a AED8.1m profit. The company has attributed the loss to a lower profit margin of 4.5 per cent when compared to 10.3 per cent in 1Q17. Gulf Cement also noted losses from investments at a value of AED7.3m in 1Q18. In the 1Q17 investments generated revenues totalling AED5.5m. |
Argos consolidated EBITDA jumps 31% in 1Q1814 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsArgos has announced revenues of COP1.9trn (US$670m) and a net profit of COP54.bn in the first three months of 2018. EBITDA increased 31 per cent YoY to COP371bn. However, cement sales fell by 4.1 per cent to 3.7Mt while concrete sales volumes fell 7.5 per cent to 2.4Mm 3 . The lower volumes have been attributed mainly to the winter season that affects some US states to a greater extent as well as a large number of holidays in Colombia and the Caribbean. Demand from the housing segment was ... |
Mixed results for Egyptian producers14 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsEgypt’s Alexandria Cement has announced a further consolidated net loss in the first quarter of 2018, which widened 17.1 per cent YoY to EGP34.78m. Furthermore, the company recorded a standalone net loss of EGP71.28m against a net profit of EGP12.63m seen in the year-ago period. Elsewhere, Misr Beni Suef Cement posted a 280.9 per cent YoY rise in net profit to EGP125.9m for 1Q18. Sales saw a significant increase of 77.3 per cent to EGP619.1m, compared to EGP349.1m of the previous year. |