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FLSmidth report 3% EBITA margin growth for cement in 2022

27 February 2023, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth announced a positive 3.3 per cent EBITA margin improvement for its cement division in 2022,   compared to -0.3 per cent in 2021. Cement EBITA amounted to DKK204m (US$29m) in 2022 compared to DKK-19m in 2021.   Cement revenue increased by two per cent YoY organically and by seven per cent including favourable currency effects, reported FLSmidth. Cement EBITA continued the positive trend seen during 2022, driven by the increased revenue and higher gross margin. The company ann...

Holcim reshapes for the future

24 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim caught the cement world's attention this week when it announced the launch of a major low carbon cement project in Europe. The French cement plant of Saint-Pierre-la-Cour is the location of the project that will use the company's proprietary ProximaTech technology to produce ECOPlanet cement, which is a calcined clay cement, with a 50 per cent lower CO2 footprint than OPC. The development of the ECOPlanet cement in France was given an important boost after the French government com...

Holcim reports net sales of CHF29,289m in 2022

24 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Holcim reported its financial results for 2022 announcing net sales of CHF29,189m (US$31.2m) for 2022. This was a 12.9 per cent rise on a LfL basis compared to the prior year. The increase was driven by the fast expansion of the Solutions & Products division, which grew by 54 per cent compared to the previous year. Holcim CEO, Jan Jenish, said: " In 2022, we delivered record financial results with CHF 29.2bn in net sales, CHF 4.8bn in recurring EBIT, 9.5 per cnet ROIC and a record ...

Cementir reports 27% revenue rise in 2022

09 February 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementir reported consolidated 2022 group r evenue at the record level of EUR1720.9m (US$1851.4m), up by 26.5 per cent compared to EUR1360m in 2021.   EBITDA reached the record level of EUR355m, up by 14.2 per cent on 2021. EBIT, after amortisation, depreciation, impairment losses and provisions of EUR119.4m (EUR113.2m in 2021), amounted to EUR235.6m, up by 19.1 per cent from EUR197.8m in the previous year. Profit before taxes was EUR247.6m, an increase of 43.9 per cent compared to ...

Lucky Cement increases profit by 23% in 1HFY21-22

31 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan cement producer Lucky Cement Ltd has announced its financial results for the half-year ending 31 December 2022.  It reported a profit after tax of PKR7.128bn (US$27.4m) compared to PKR5.744 earned in the corresponding period last year, a growth of 23  per cent YoY.  According to a notification of the company to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), Lucky Cement’s sales increased by 21 per cent to PKR45.333bn from PKR37.549bn during the same period last year. It incurred adistributio...

UltraTech Cement Ltd posts consolidated net sales of INR152,990m in 3QFY22

23 January 2023, Published under Cement News

UltraTech Cement Ltd ( Aditya Birla Group ) has announced its financial results for the quarter ended 31 December 2022. Consolidated net sales totalled INR152,990m (US$1.88bn) compared to INR127,100m over the corresponding period of the previous year. Profit after tax was INR10,580m as compared to INR11,730m in the 3QFY21-22, resulting in subdued margins.     Domestic grey cement sales volume rose 13 and 12 per cent QoQ, respectively. Energy and raw material costs were up 33 and 13 pe...

FLSmidth announces 4Q22 and 2022 results

19 January 2023, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth announced that its full-year 2022 preliminary and unaudited results are in line with guidance, the cement sector recording DKK1.6bn (US$232.7m) in revenues in the 4Q22 and DKK6.3bn (US$916.2m) in 2022. EBITDA margin totalled 4.3 per cent in the 4Q22 for cement and 3.3 per cent for the 2022. The 4Q22 and 2022 results included costs related to the thyssenkrupp mining acquisition of DKK125m and DKK252m, respectively. In addition, the 4Q22 and 2022 results include costs related to wi...

Bestway Cement's post expansion capacity will stand at 15.2Mta

30 November 2022, Published under Cement News

The top management of Bestway Cement Ltd organised a corporate briefing earlier this month to discuss the company's 1QFY22-23 results and outlook. The company's CFO, Muhammad Amir Khan, and Head of Budgeting, Treasury and Reporting, Muhammad Danish Khan, of Bestway Cement Ltd announced that the start of commercial operation of 7200tpd clinker line at the  Minawali location is expected in December 2022 and the 7200tpd clinker line in Hattar II will start up in March 2023. The post-expan...

Aramit Cement Ltd posts loss in 1QFY23

21 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Aramit Cement Ltd of Bangladesh has announced its financial results for three months (July 2022 to September 2022) on 14 November 2022. It posted a net loss of BDT89.5m (US$0.879m) during these three months compared to a loss of BDT66.4m in the corresponding period last year, says Company Secretary Syed Kamruzzaman.   The company’s net sales decreased by 83.15 per cent to BDT50.17m from BDT297m, the top line recorded in the same quarter last year. Administrative expenses remained stag...

Sephaku Holdings posts net profit after tax of ZAR26.7m

15 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Sephaku Holdings (Dangote Group) has posted net profit after tax of ZAR26.7m (US$1.54m) for the six months ended 30 September, building on the net profit after tax of ZAR17.8m it posted in the prior comparable six months. CEO Neil Crafford-Lazarus said SepCem has been suffering from decreased demand for building materials and especially bagged cement for close to a year. The subsidiary’s sales revenue declined to ZAR1.16bn, compared with ZAR1.19bn in the prior comparable period. The ...