Cement News tagged under: indian sub-continent
Fecto Cement reports loss in FY22-2309 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsFecto Cement Ltd has announced its financial results for the year ending 30 June 2023 (FY22-23). It shows a loss after tax at PKR133m (US$0.478m)) against the profit of PKR286m reported in FY22-23. The high cost of sales is expected to be one of the main reasons for losses. Fecto Cement ’s sales increased to PKR8.68bn in the FY22-23 from PKR6.77bn in the FY21-22. Similarly, the cost of sales rose to PKR8.36bn in the FY22-23 from PKR5.90bn in the year-ago period. The administrati... |
Crafters Polypropylene Packages achieves record AD*STAR production06 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsBy producing 199,000 AD*STAR block bottom sacks in 24 hours on a single conversion line, Crafters Polypropylene Packages (PVT) Ltd has achieved a production record that has never been reached before for this type of sack. Crafters supplies the AD*STAR sacks primarily to the cement industry, one of its main customers being Pakistan’s biggest cement producer, Lucky Cement . With a sack weight of 65g for a filling volume of 50kg, AD*STAR sacks are currently the most lightweight type of sack... |
UltraTech Cement and Adani Cement alerted to Heidelberg's Indian divestment rumour05 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement ( Aditya Birla Group ), and the country’s second-largest cement producer, Adani Cement, may join the race along with Parth Jindal-led JSW Cement to acquire Heidelberg Material’s Indian operations, reports The Hindu. Heidelberg Materials has a cement manufacturing capacity of 13.4Mta across its Indian plants in Damoh (Madhya Pradesh), Yerraguntla (Andhra Pradesh), Sitapuram (Telangana), Ammasandra (Karnataka), Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Sholapur (Maharas... |
Pioneer Cement's profit rises by 149% in FY2304 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsPioneer Cement Ltd (PIOC) posted a profit after tax of PKR2.61bn (US$9.07m) in FY23 versus PKR1.05bn in the previous financial year, the company said in a statement to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on 28 September. This significant advance of 149 per cent YoY is mainly due to increased sales, which rose by 13 per cent to PKR36.16bn from PKR31.87bn in FY22. The cost of sales increased to PKR26.75bn from PKR24.67bn over the same period. The company incurred higher distribution costs of... |
JSW Cement makes approach for Heidelberg Material's Indian cement operations03 October 2023, Published under Cement NewsJSW Cement , the building materials business of steelmaker JSW Group , is in initial talks with Germany's Heidelberg Materials to acquire the latter's 13.4Mta cement businesses in India, according to The Economic Times of India. JSW Group has reportedly made an unsolicited offer to acquire Heidelberg Materials' local entities that primarily have capacities in the Indian peninsular. The report further added that Heidelberg Materials is yet to make a final call on its India exit str... |
Pakistan to expect a mixed trend in dispatches in September29 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe cement dispatch trend in Pakistan will likely be mixed in September 2023 due to monsoon rain and transport issues, according to Topline Pakistan Research. However, the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has yet to release official data to support or contradict this scenario. A mixed trend of dispatches was recorded during the first two months of the current financial year. The research house believes that Pakistan's total cement sales in September 2023 are expect... |
Gharibwal Cement's profit decreases in FY2329 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsGharibwal Cement Ltd (GWLC) announced its financial results for 30 June 2023, on the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s 27 September 2023 website. The company saw a decrease in its profit to PKR1.23bn (US$430.1m) from PKR1.35bn earned in the same period last year. This represents a nine per cent YoY fall in profit YoY. The major factors responsible for this reduction were increased sales, selling and distribution expenses, and higher taxation and finance costs. The company sales increased by... |
Dewan Cement reports losses on higher costs in FY22-2328 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsDewan Cement Ltd (DCL), subsidiary of Mega Conglomerate Pvt Ltd posted its financial results for FY22-23 on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) website on 26 September 2023. It reported a loss after taxation of -PKR586m against a loss of -PKR703m reported in a comparative period last year. The lower loss is attributed to the high cost of sales during this period despite better earnings of other income. According to the company's results, its sales increased to PKR20.19bn from PKR16.51bn... |
Thatta Cement's profit increased in FY22-23 and plans share buyback28 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsThatta Cement Co Ltd (THCCL) announced its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2023 (FY22-23) at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 27 September. It reported an increase in profit after tax to PKR249m (US$0.86m) from PKR119m earned in the corresponding period last year. This reflects a growth of 109 per cent YoY, mostly due to higher sales and other income that made the company report a better profit this year. Its net sales increased to PKR5.41bn from PKR4.26bn during this peri... |
BCMA re-elects Kabir as President for two years28 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsMD Alamgir Kabir has been re-elected as President of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) for 2023-24 and 2024-25 during the 22nd and 23rd AGMs held in Dhaka on 26 September. He is sponsor director and vice chairman of MI Cement Factory Ltd and has over three decades of business experience in the trading and manufacturing sectors. At present, he is also chairman of GPH Ispat Ltd and MD of Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products Ltd. In addition he holds director... |