Cement News tagged under: pricing
CMA consults on draft GB cement market data order and undertakings29 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on measures to restrict the disclosure and publication of Great Britain cement production and sales volume data. The measures are contained in two documents: the draft Cement Market Data Order and the draft final undertakings. The order proposes to restrict the disclosure and publication of production and sales volume data by cement producers in Great Britain. In addition, the CMA proposes to accept the final undertakings offered by ... |
Higher cement volumes drive Elementia’s 4Q and full-year revenue growth26 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsMexico-based Elementia reported consolidated revenues for 4Q15 rose by five per cent YoY to MXP4.02bn and by 11 per cent over the full year to MXP15.33bn, mainly due to higher volume sold by its cement division. In line with management expectations, revenues from the cement business for the full year totalled MXP2.37bn, a 36 per cent increase compared to MXP.175bn a year earlier. This was mainly due to price and volume increases of 13 and 20 per cent, respectively, when compared to the sam... |
CMA publishes final cement price announcement order26 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final order prohibiting cement suppliers in Great Britain from sending generic price announcement letters to their customers. The CMA first consulted on the proposed order in September 2015 and following changes made as a result of responses received, consulted on an amended version in December. The order sets out that suppliers of cement and cementitious products in Great Britain (GB) will be prohibited from sending generic pri... |
China: BBMG Corp expects lower profit on weaker cement demand and pricing15 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsChina-based BBMG Corp said it expects to record a 10-22 per cent decrease in net profit attributable to shareholders for the year ended 31 December 2015 compared to a year earlier. The fall in net profit is mainly attributed to the slowdown in macroeconomic growth and cement production overcapacity in the areas where the group operates, leading to sluggish demand and reduced selling prices versus 2014. Therefore, it recorded a significant decrease in the operating results for its cement seg... |
China Resources warns of significant decrease in full-year attributable profit14 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsChina Resources Cement said it expects profit attributable to the owners for the year ended 31 December 2015 to significantly decrease as compared with that of the previous year. Such decrease is primarily attributable to the lower selling prices of cement and clinker in China in 2015 as compared with those in 2014. It is also due to the depreciation of the yuan against other currencies since the beginning of the third quarter in 2015, resulting in exchange loss generated from non-yuan deno... |
Steppe Cement Ltd preliminary update to 31 December 201514 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsSteppe Cement Ltd recorded revenue for the year ended 31 December 2015 of KZT19,537m (US$54m), which was seven per cent lower than the KZT20,925m recorded in the corresponding period of 2014. Sales volumes reached 1.6Mt, an improvement of two per cent YoY. The average price (ex-VAT) for delivered cement was KZT11,890/t in 2015, an eight per cent decrease compared with KZT12,975/t in 2014, mostly due to price pressure from Russian imports until the KZT devaluation in August 2015. For 2015,... |
Subdued demand recovery outlook after 2015 nadir06 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsWhile global cement consumption in 2015 contracted, cement producers can look forward in 2016 to modest gains in demand, but the scenario remains mixed with higher demand unable to raise low capacity utilisation and cement pricing power. By John Fraser-Andrews, HSBC, UK. The year 2015 looks set to mark the first reduction in global cement consumption since 1990 (see Table 1), with HSBC forecasting a five per cent contraction in China (which accounts for over 70 per cent of global demand) ... |
India: average price declines in December04 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe average cement price in India declined by 7.3 per cent YoY in December mainly due to weak demand, according to a report by Reliance Securities published in the Economic Times (India). The national average price of cement dropped to INR285-290 (US$4.28-4.36) per bag last month, compared to INR308/bag in December 2014, according to the report. Regional variances Prices in the northern and western regions saw the biggest correction of between 10-12 per cent. In the eastern and centra... |
Egyptian cement prices 'stable' through the year24 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsEgyptian cement prices were considered stable through fiscal 2015 as cement companies provided their final report of monthly disclosures on cement prices to the Ministry of Supply for the month December, Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy said in a Wednesday statement. The average cement production per week in December was recorded at 1Mt compared to an average of 989,000t per week in November, Mr Hanafy added. As part of the Ministry of Supply's attempt to ensure market fairness, Hanafy note... |
Optimism returns to US and wider markets18 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsThis week saw the first rise in US interest rates in seven years as the US Federal Reserve signalled its belief that the economy was getting back on its feet and that the financial recovery was gaining momentum. The renewed optimism for the US economy and the prospects for greater cement consumption in the coming year is based on a more vigorous uptake of construction and housing projects. The strength of the recovery is far from certain though and financial markets will need to see contin... |