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India: Shree Cement Q2 net profit up 18%

08 November 2016, Published under Cement News

Shree Cement reported an 18.3 per cent YoY rise in its standalone net profit for the quarter ended 30 September 2016. Standalone net profit stood at INR2.91bn (US$43.7m) in the quarter compared to INR2.46bn in the same period last year. Total standalone income was up 17.6 per cent to INR22.5bn in the quarter, compared to INR19.1bn last year. Total expenses registered higher at INR20.3bn against INR17.4bn in the previous corresponding quarter. The company’s board of directors also recen...

India: My Home Industries to commission INR2.5bn plant

08 November 2016, Published under Cement News

My Home Industries has announced that it will commission its 1.5Mta plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, in January 2017. The Tuticorin plant will represent a INR2.5bn (US$37.5m) investment and considerably increase the company’s access to both southern and eastern markets. Executive Director of the company, S Sambasiva Rao, told reporters that the new plant “will increase our cement production capacity from existing 8.4Mta to 10Mta.” The company also has plans to set up a greenfield plant ...

India: Dalmia OCL merger

07 November 2016, Published under Cement News

The boards of Dalmia Bharat Ltd and OCL India have decided to merge the two entities, creating the fourth-largest cement manufacturer in India with a total capacity of 25Mta and annual revenues of approximately INR100bn (US$1.5bn). OCL will merge with Dalmia Bharat and will issue fresh shares for public shareholders in lieu of their ownership in OCL. Public shareholding in OCL stands at a little over 25 per cent. Dalmia Bharat will not be issuing any fresh shares against its own 74.9 per ...

Ambuja Cement profits up 80% as Indian profits climb 40% overall

04 November 2016, Published under Cement News

Ambuja Cement has released its Q3 earnings, which show that net profits for the company were up by 80 per cent YoY at INR2.77bn (US$41.5m). Revenues were down slightly, falling by 4.3 per cent to INR20bn, but dividend income from its shareholding in ACC and falling costs, particularly in terms of power and fuel (down 10 per cent) helped to improve the company’s bottom line. Ambuja reported that diesel costs rose over the period, but this was compensated for by an improved fuel mix. ...

India: Dalmia Barat sees 20% volume growth in September

04 November 2016, Published under Cement News

Dalmia Bharat managed 20 per cent volume growth in the July-September quarter compared with the industry's volume growth of two per cent. Due to higher demand, its market share in northeastern India improved to 22 per cent in the Jul-Sep quarter from 16 per cent in the previous year. In the south its market share improved by 100 basis points to eight per cent. Factors such as gain in the market share, entry into new markets and exports helped higher volume growth at the company, says E...

India: Telangana State Housing Corporation signs cement price MoU

03 November 2016, Published under Cement News

The State Housing Corporation of Telangana has signed a memorandum of understanding with local producers to fix the price of supplied cement at INR230/bag (US$3.45), the New India Express reports. The rate includes loading, transportation, unloading and all taxes. The average price of a bag of cement in India was INR285-290/bag at the beginning of the year, but substantially higher in Telangana and other southern states at around INR350/bag. The State Housing Corporation is currently u...

India: JK Cement net profits climbs 182%

01 November 2016, Published under Cement News

On a stand-alone basis, JK Cement’s net profit was reported at INR410m (US$6.14m) for the July-September quarter, a 182 per cent increase from the INR145.4m net profit recorded in the same period last year. Stand-alone total income for the period under review increased by seven per cent to INR10.76bn, up from INR10.08bn in the same period last year. Total expenses registered higher during the quarter, reaching INR9.61bn. Total expenses for the same period last year were reported at INR9.4...

India: ACC reports 10% fall in cement deliveries in 3Q16

31 October 2016, Published under Cement News

The Indian LafargeHolcim subsidiary ACC Ltd reported a 0.5 per cent reduction in cement deliveries for the first nine months of the year to 17.54Mt, while in the third quarter the reduction was a more notable 9.6 per cent to 5.07Mt.  The turnover declined by 3.6 per cent to INR82.74bn (EUR1133.50m) while EBITDA came off by 7.4 per cent to INR11.65bn (EUR159.58m), but the pretax profit rose by 18.6 per cent to INR75.84bn (EUR103.9m). The new 2.79Mt clinker plant  and the 1.1Mta grinding...

OCL India 2Q net profit up 154% to INR860m

27 October 2016, Published under Cement News

OCL India Ltd reported a 154 per cent surge in in net profit to INR857.1m from INR336.9m for the quarter ended 30 September 2016 as the company derived a higher income from operations. The total income from operations of the Dalmia Group company increased to INR7.192bn from INR6.138bn in the year-ago period. The total expenses increased to INR6,164bn over INR5.72bn in the corresponding quarter previous fiscal.

India: JK Lakshmi approves raising INR5bn

27 October 2016, Published under Cement News

A JK Lakshmi Cement board meeting held on 26 October approved the raising of INR5bn (US$74.7m) through the issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on private placement basis. The company issued a statement to this effect to the BSE. JK Lakshmi Cement operates integrated plants at Sirohi (Rajashthan), Durg (Chhatisgarh), Kalol and Surat in Gujarat and Jharli (Haryana). The company boasts an 8.4Mta capacity which is scheduled to increase to 12Mta.