Gulf Cement receives approval to withdraw from Boursa Kuwait
UAE-based Gulf Cement Co, once dually listed on Boursa Kuwait and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), has obtained approval from Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority to with...
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Saudi cement sales rise 38% to 4.3Mt in August 2020
The aggregate sales of 17 Saudi cement producers climbed 38 per cent to 4.3Mt in August 2020, compared to 3.1Mt in the same month last year, reported Yamama Cement Co. As ma...
Tourah Cement loss contracts 67% in 1H20
Tourah Cement reported a 67 per cent fall in net losses to EGP-151.97m (US$-9.6m) in the 1H20 when compared with EGP461.25m reported in the 1H19, according to Mubasher. Howev...
Suez Cement consolidated losses increase in 1H20
Egypt-based Suez Cement sales decreased to EGP2.7bn (US$170.9m) during the January-June 2020 period, down from EGP3.3bn in the 1H19. The company’s consolidated financial stat...
Export licence for Qassim Cement
Qassim Cement Co has been awarded a licence to export cement by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Investment. The licence is effective for one year, according to a bourse...
Algeria exports 6000t of cement to Lebanon
A vessel with 6000t of cement left the port of Djen Djen, Algeria, yesterday, heading for Beirut, Lebanon. Minister of Industry, Ferhat Aït Ali, and Minister of Solidarity, K...
City Cement shareholders agree on 26% capital cut
Shareholders of Saudi-based City Cement Co have approved a 26 per cent capital cut to SAR1.4bn (US$8.34m) from SAR1.89bn, on having a capital surplus, during the extraordinary ...
Tabuk Cement sees sales down 18% YoY
Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Cement has seen a 94 per cent YoY decline in net profit to SAR0.54m (US$144,000) in the June quarter of 2020, against SAR8.98m in the year-ago period. Sa...
Arkan Building Materials sees profits decline to AED2.1m in 1H20
Arkan Building Materials reported 1H20 profits declining to AED2.1m (US$571,818) as construction activity became disrupted in UAE due to the pandemic. Last year the company rep...
LafargeHolcim records net sales of CHF10.7bn in 1H20
LafargeHolcim recorded net sales of CHF10.693bn (US$11.7m), a decline of18.1 per cent compared to the prior year of CHF13.059bn, reflecting the severe impact of the implementat...