Cement News tagged: Corporate
Titan Group reports revenues of EUR1202m in 9M20
Titan Group announced its consolidated revenue totalled EUR1202.4m for the 9M20, a marginal decline of 0.5 per cent when compared with the revenue in the 9M19. Operating profitability (EBITDA) in January-September 2020 rose by 10.1 per cent to EUR229.4m. Net profit after taxes and minorities in the 9M20 was EUR58m compared to EUR45.2m in 9M19. In the 3Q20 Titan Group’s revenue fell by 1.7 p...
Burnpur Cement sees net loss widen in 2Q
India’s Burnpur Cement has seen its standalone net loss widen to INR297.8m (US$3.99m) in the second quarter of FY20-21, against an INR21.3m loss in the 2QFY19-20. However, net revenue advanced 19.3 per cent YoY to INR228.5m from INR191.5m. The company’s operating expenses increased 102.7 per cent to INR362.9m from INR179m in the year-ago period.
Shree Cement records 64% increase in profit
India’s Shree Cement has seen a 64 per cent YoY increase in consolidated net profit to INR5.23bn (US$70.71m) for the quarter ending 30 September 2020, compared with INR3.13bn in the corresponding period of last year. Revenue from operations advanced eight per cent to INR32.5bn from INR30.04bn in the 2QFY19-20. The company’s EBITDA also rose 17 per cent YoY to INR9.9bn. In the first half of ...
Eagle Cement Corp sees net sales down 16%
Philippine-based Eagle Cement Corp has reported a net profit of PHP1.4bn (US$28.96m) in the 3Q20, remaining unchanged from the year-ago period. However, its net sales were down 16 per cent YoY to PHP4.1bn. "The resumption of major infrastructure projects and retail segment boosted sales. We are optimistic that fourth-quarter results will be better as more sectors of the economy are reopened...
Tanga Cement continues plans for Arusha plant
Tanga Cement has said talks with the government regarding its new cement grinding plant in Arusha, Tanzania, are still in progress. The factory will be able to produce between 500,000-750,000tpa, according to Tanga Cement's Country Executive, Ben Lema. The discussions with the government started in 2016. "We are still in talks with the government on a project to build a cement grinding p...
Loma Negra reports surge in net profit for the 3Q20
Argentina’s Loma Negra has seen its net revenue decrease 4.5 per cent YoY to ARS10.756bn (US$143m) in the third quarter of 2020, compared with ARS11.26bn in the year-ago period. However, adjusted EBITDA advanced 11.6 per cent to ARS3.389bn from ARS3.037bn in the 3Q19. The company’s net profit surged to ARS6.449bn from ARS83m in the corresponding period of 2019. Sales volumes of cement, ma...
JK Cement sees net profit surge 106%
India’s JK Cement has reported a 105.5 per cent YoY rise in standalone net profit to INR2.24bn (US$30.1m) for the quarter ending 30 September 2020, compared to INR1.09bn in the year-ago period. Net revenue also advanced 23.6 per cent to INR15.51bn from INR12.54bn in the 2QFY19-20. The company’s operating profit climbed 61.7 per cent YoY to INR4.12bn from INR2.54bn.
Sumitomo Osaka sees 6% fall in 1H revenue
Japanese cement producer Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co posted a 6.4 per cent fall in its 1H revenue ended 30 September 2020 to JPY112.12bn from JPY119.84m in the 1HFY20-21. Operation profit slipped 5.3 per cent to JPY6.02bn in the first six months of FY20-21 from JPY6.3bn in the year-ago period. Pretax profit edged down 3.9 per cent YoY to JPY6.59bn from JPY6.96bn while net profit slipped 1.3 per ...
Raysut holds ground breaking ceremony for 1Mta Duqm grinding plant
Raysut Cement Co (RCC) has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the start of the construction of its new US$30m grinding unit in Duqm in Oman. The development of the 1Mta Duqm plant raises the group's cement capacity to 7.4Mta. "Today’s groundbreaking is a milestone for RCC on two counts. It will contribute significantly to our ambitious capacity expansion targets of 10Mt by 2022 which...
Buzzi Unicem records cement and clinker sales of 21.7Mt in 9M20
Buzzi Unicem announced that cement and clinker sales for the group totalled 21.7Mt in the 9M20, down 1.8 per cent compared to the previous year. Ready-mix and concrete sales contracted by 4.9 per cent to 8.7Mm 3 . Consolidated net sales stood at EUR2408m, a minor dip of 0.6 per cent on the EUR2423.6m earned in the 9M19. On a like-for-like basis net sales would have slipped 0.3 per cent. ...
Taiwan's producers report October results
Taiwan Cement Corp has reported an 8.2 per cent decline in October 2020 revenue to TWD10.29bn (US$360.7m) from TWD11.21bn in the same month of last year. Revenue also fell 6.3 per cent YoY in the January-October period to TWD92.54bn from TWD98.77bn. Elsewhere, Taiwan’s Asia Cement Corp saw October revenue climb 5.9 per cent YoY to TWD7.43bn from TWD7.02bn. However, in the 11M20, revenue slip...
Taiheiyo reports 14% rise in 1H net profit
Japan-based Taiheiyo Cement Corp saw a 3.2 per cent drop in its revenues to JPY420.63bn (US$4bn) in the first half of the FY20-21 from JPY431.39bn in the 1HFY19-20. However, operating profit increased by 16.3 per cent to JPY26.13bn in the 1HFY20-12 from JPY22.46bn in the year-ago period while pretax profit increased 18.6 per cent to JPY26.64bn from JPY22.47bn over the same period. The compan...
Dalmia Cement sees sales volumes rise 7%
India’s Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has seen a seven per cent YoY rise in sales volume to 4.8Mt in the second quarter of the FY20-21, on the back of strong rural demand and a pick-up in the government’s infrastructure and low-cost housing projects. The company also reported its highest ever quarterly EBITDA at INR7.02bn (US$94.68m), compared to INR4.75bn in the 2QFY19-20. Profit after tax also...
LafargeHolcim Tanzania launches new pozzolana product
LafargeHolcim Tanzania has launched Lafarge Tembo Pozzi, a new product to substitute fly ash, according to the Tanzania Standard. The country reportedly imports about 40,000tpa of fly ash on average. "This would help the country reduce costs on importing the fly ash. By doing this the company lives up to its promise of being a construction solution in Tanzania," said Evance Bernard, head of...
Trinidad Cement appoints new CEO
Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has appointed Francisco Aguilera Mendoza as its new CEO, effective from 1 December 2020. Mr Mendoza, who was appointed to the board in 2014, currently serves as deputy chairman and will also continue in that role. The new CEO is also the vice president of Trading Americas and Group Shipping for Cemex and is thereby responsible for the trading of cement and clinker ...
Dangote posts 12% rise in 3Q revenue
Dangote Cement plc reported a revenue of NGN761.4bn (US$1.987bn) in the nine months ended 30 September 2020, representing a 12 per cent YoY rise when compared with 9M19, according to a statement by Michel Puchercos, group CEO. Group EBITDA advanced 17.1 per cent to NGN355bn. “The Cement Group’s revenue went up by 12 per cent to NGN761.4bn compared to NGN679.8bn in 2019 with domestic operati...