Cement News tagged: Corporate
Plant disruption drives Lafarge Zimbabwe to a loss
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe recorded a US$695m loss in 2021, compared to a US$5bn profit in the same period a year earlier. The fall is reportedly due to the negative impact of disruptions from the roof collapse at one of its cement mills and the adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to a 21 per cent decline in 2021’s volume uptake and a subsequent loss before tax of US$364m, versus a ...
Lucky Cement sees double-digit profit growth
Lucky Cement Limited has reported profit after tax on a consolidated basis of PKR26.53bn (US$142.9m), of which PKR5.81bn was attributable to non-controlling interests, in the nine months ending March 31, 2022. This translates into earnings per share (EPS) of PKR64.07, compared to PKR56.36 in the same period a year earlier. The company saw gross turnover of PKR265.70bn, up 31.2 per cent YoY. Co...
Cemex reports 1Q22 net sales increase of 13%
Cemex announced its first quarter of 2022 results, with consolidated net sales and EBITDA growing YoY by 13 and three per cent, respectively, despite a challenging cost environment. The growth was led by a 12 per cent increase in cement prices in LfL terms, eight per cent in ready-mix, and seven per cent in aggregates, with all regions contributing to pricing gains. Cemex continued to ...
Breedon Group's revenue growth reaches 16% in 1Q22
Breedon Group plc has announced that it started the year well with order intake and volumes following usual seasonal patterns through the first three months of 2022. End markets remain supportive, leading to reported and LfL revenue growth of 16 per cent over the first quarter of 2021. Acceptance of rising input costs, and the increasingly dynamic price environment across all major pro...
Cementos Pacasmayo posts 44% rise in 1Q net income
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo reported a 13 per cent YoY increase in revenues to PEN525.4m (US$137.3m) in the 1Q22, primarily due to the rise in average prices of bagged cement as sales volumes of cement, concrete and precast fell by 5.3 per cent from 933Mt in the 1Q21 to 883.8Mt in the 1Q22. Although the company was impacted by a temporary decrease in sales to reconstruction-related project...
GCC sees 16% rise in 1Q net sales
GCC reported an 15.7 per cent advance in consolidated net sales to US$206.9m in the first quarter of 2022 when compared with the equivalent period of 2021. Operating income in the 1Q22 was 23.1 per cent higher at US$31.4m when compared with the 1Q21. In the 1Q22 EBITDA increased 10.2 per cent YoY to US$54.5m (1Q21: US$49.5m) with a margin of 26.4 per cent, down from 27.7 per cent in the 1...
Cemex to increase capacity in Dominican Republic
Cemex is modernising its second line at the San Pedro Macorís plant in the Dominican Republic. The project will enable the company to increase its production by 0.5Mta. The equipment used in the project will use advanced technology to improve efficiency and maintain the highest international environmental standards, according to the company. It will allow the plant to increase its therma...
Saxlund announces senior executive appointments
Saxlund has announced the promotion of Finance Manager Karen Moore to Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Saxlund's UK operations. Karen will report to Saxlund's UK new CEO, Matt Drew. In addition to his strategic responsibilities for the UK operation, Mr Drew takes on responsibility for business development sector focus across Europe, for Materials Handling and BioEnergy. Karen Moore boasts a...
Aditya Birla Group will consider buying Holcim's Indian assets
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson of Aditya Birla, is reportedly looking at ways to make a bid for ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements that Holcim intends to divest, according to The Economic Times. UltraTech Cement ( Aditya Birla Group ) may look to expand its leading position in the market as any producer that picks up the Holcim assets in India will automatically become a contender to UltraTec...
Cementos Argos sets up Bermudan business unit
Colombia-based Cementos Argos SA has set up a new wholly-owned subsidiary, BMR Ltd. The new business unit in Bermuda is part of the company’s risk management strategy. With the new company, it aims to stabilise the total cost of risk in the long term, intervene more actively in the reinsurance and insurance market as well participate in taking predictable risks that have been studied and o...
Flender completes Moventas acquisition
Drivetrain specialist Flender, has successfully closed the transaction to acquire Finnish wind turbine gearbox manufacturer Moventas, after receiving approval by the authorities. Moventas is now solely owned by Flender. The acquisition marks the next step in Flender’s growth strategy after progressing into independence last year. “We are very happy to announce the closing of this strategic a...
Holcim records 1Q22 net sales growth of 20%
Holcim announced net sales amounted to CHF6440m (US$6.72bn) in the 1Q22, up 20.1 per cent from CHF5362m recorded in the 1Q21. The company achieved double-digit net sales growth in Solutions & Products, driven by its roofing business sales, to achieve net sales of CHF5bn. Cement volumes reached 46.1Mt in the 1Q22, down 2.6 per cent on 47.3Mt recorded in the 1Q21. Sales of aggregates re...
BUA sees jump in profit following new plant
BUA Cement increased sales in the 1Q22 by 58.5 per cent to NGN97bn (US$233.4m) following the commissioning of its new 3Mta Kalambaina Line 4 . Other income surged seven times to NGN186m on the back of insurance claims, which represented 88.7 per cent of the income class. In addition, the management reduced net finance costs by 96.5 per cent. Post-tax profit increased by 48.2 per cent to N...
Lafarge (Wapco) Cement Plc records profit of NGN17.55bn in 1Q22
Nigeria’s third-largest cement producer, Lafarge (Wapco) Cement Plc , has released its 1Q22 unaudited results reporting a profit of NGN17.55bn (US$42.2m) during the period, representing 92.2 per cent YoY increase. Revenue growth for the period reached 26.8 per cent YoY. Sales of cement increased by 26 per ent achieving sales of NGN87.99bn, and sales of aggregates and concrete grew by 62.2...
Yanbu Cement acquires Yanbu Saudi Kuwaiti Paper Products Co
Saudi’s Yanbu Cement has acquired shares owned by Kuwait’s Shuaiba Industrial Co in its unit Yanbu Saudi Kuwaiti Paper Products Co for SAR32.3m (US$8.6m). The transaction allowed the transfer of a 40 per cent stake in the paper manufacturer to Yanbu Cement, making it the full owner of the former, according to a bourse filing. Yanbu Cement will fund the transaction from its own res...
CRH reports 1Q22 revenue growth of 15%
CRH has reported 1Q22 revenues establishing a growth 15 per cent, up 13 per cent LfL. The Europe Materials division grew at 18 per cent in organic terms while the Americas Materials division recorded nine per cent organic sales growth. Aggregates saw volumes fall of three per cent in the quarter, impacted by poor weather conditions in the northeastern US. Asphalt grew a strong 19 per c...