Cement News tagged: Corporate
Dandot Cement plant closed due to viability issue
Dandot Cement Company Ltd has announced to shut its 504,000tpa of cement plant at Jehlum, Punjab province, Pakistan, due to various reasons, according to company notification to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Dandot's Company Secretary, Muhammad Kamran, said the company has been facing serious challenges with respect to maintaining viable operations at the plant, adequate liquidity and h...
President al-Sisi suggests state's military cement company should be privatised
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has announced companies owned by Egypt’s military must be allowed to sell shares on the stock exchange. Last year, Egypt's government had plans to offer shares on the stock market of a US$1.1bn cement plant owned by the military, but no steps have yet been announced, reported Reuters. The military-owened Beni Suef cement complex is the largest cement pl...
Ramco Cements reports 47% 3Q profit rise
India-based Ramco Cements posted a 3Q19 profit of INR1.68bn (US$23.7m), up by 47 per cent when compared with INR1.14bn in the 3Q18. When compared with the quarter ended June, profit was down 12.5 per cent from INR1.92bn. On a consolidated bases, earnings in the 3Q19 increased 43.3 per cent to INR1.72bn from INR1.2bn in the year-ago period. Revenues advanced by 12 per cent YoY to INR12.82bn in...
Rain sends Caribbean Cement profits down
Caribbean Cement Co’s 3Q profit was affected by heavy rains at the end of summer and a large tax charge, according to the cement producer. In addition, higher operational expenses further impacted profit. Some of the costs were associated with the demolition of a large obsolete structure at its Rockfort plant near Kingston, Jamaica. Sales revenue in the third quarter fell to JMD4.38bn (US$...
Profitability review 1QFY19-20 of nine top Pakistan companies
Pakistan research house Spectrum Securities Ltd, while reviewing nine top cement companies' performances for the 1QFY19-20, has concluded that cement sector continues to be in turmoil, due to the shrinking construction activities, higher interest rates and excess installed capacity. Therefore, during the first quarter of FY19-20, the sector posted a net loss. Analysts from Spectrum Securitie...
Dangote Cement Group's unaudited 9M19 results see volumes rise 1.1%
Dangote Cement Group's unaudited results for the 9M19 to 30 September 2019 saw group volumes up 1.1 per cent to 18Mt and Nigerian sales up 0.6 per cent to 10.8Mt, driven by strong 3Q19 promotional activity. Pan-African cement volumes rose by 1.7 per cent to 7.1Mt for the 9M19. However, group revenue fell by 0.8 per cent to NGN679bn (US$1.88bn) and group EBITDA slipped by 10.1 per cent to N...
MoU signing for 0.5Mta Cimenterie Industrielle de Kribi plant
Oscar Minko, managing director of Cimenterie Industrielle de Kribi (Cmikri) Sarl, and the Chinese consortium China National Building Material Co Ltd (Sinoma/Afcham) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Yaoundé, for the construction of a cement plant in the Kribi industrial port complex. Once completed, the average yearly distribution capacity of this plant will be 0.5Mta, expand...
BUA Group consolidates cement subsidiaries
BUA Group, has announced the consolidation of its subsidiaries Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc (CCNN) and Obu Cement Company Plc. The move is part of its bid to deepen the Nigerian capital market and enhance the growth of the cement industry, said BUA Group. Commenting on the development, the Founder & Executive Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, said this consolidation would m...
Azerbaijan Gazakh cement plant to raise output
Azerbaijan-based Gazakh cement plant plans to raise its cement output from a current 1Mta to 1.2Mt by the end of the year. A further increase is scheduled for next year, when the facility’s output target is 1.5Mt. Cement production at the works advanced by 25 per cent YoY due to the installation of modern equipment that increased production capacity at the plant to 3300tpd.
Asia Cement (China) Holdings Corp posts 40% 9M profit rise
Asia Cement (China) Holdings Corp has reported a 16.3 per cent advance in revenues to CNY9.18bn (US$1.299bn) in the 9M19 when compared with CNY7.89bn in the 9M18, according to Reuters. Attributable profit came in at CNY2.24bn in the nine-month period, representing a 40 per cent increase YoY from CNY1.6bn. Cementitious sales are expected to reach 30.9Mt in the FY19.
Southern Province Cement reports 46% rise in 3Q sales
Saudi cement producer Southern Province Cement Co saw its net profit after zakat and tax surge to SAR90.3m (US$24m) in the 3Q19 from SAR5.4m in the 3Q18. Third-quarter sales rose by 45.9 per cent to SAR286m in 2019 from SAR196m in the year-ago period. The company also noted a 8.1 per cent YoY fall in finance costs.
Tanga Cement sees 1H sales slip 1%, net loss widens
Tanzania-based Tanga Cement saw its first-half sales edge down by one per cent YoY to TZS97.63bn (US$42.4m) in 2019 from TZS98.88bn in the1H18, according to the company’s unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2019. Gross profit fell to TZS24.98bn in the 1H19 from TZS25.56bn in the year-ago semester while operating profit declined to TZS1.17bn from TZS6.77bn over the same period. ...
FLSmidth records 3Q19 order intake down 36%
FLSmidth's order intake for the 3Q19 amounted to DKK4571m (US$704.5m), a decline of 36 per cent compared to the 3Q18. The performance is explained by a sharp decline in the capital order intake that was partly offset by a record-high service order intake, combined with the exceptionally strong comparative quarter in 2018 that included two large cement plant orders worth a total of about DKK1...
Cemex Philippines reports 9M net profit
Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc posted a net income of PHP875m (US$17.1m) in the first nine months of 2019, a reversal from the 9M18 loss of PHP663m as operating margins increased, income tax expenses were lower and the company gained in its foreign exchange transactions. Nine-month sales were up two per cent in 2019 to PHP18.2bn, said the company in a stock exchange filing. Domestic volumes ...
Arabian Cement 3Q profit triples
Arabian Cement Co saw its net profits after zakat and tax surge to 320.8 per cent to SAR60.6m (US$16.2m) in 3Q19, compared to SAR14.4m in the 3Q18, reports Mubasher. Revenues of the Saudi cement company increased 64.1 per cent to SAR193.5m in the three-month period ended September. In 3M18 revenues reached SAR117.9m. In the first nine months of 2019, Arabian Cement achieved net profits of ...
Cement Co of Nigeria doubles 9M revenues
Cement Co of Nigeria saw 9M revenue advance 117.2 per cent to NGN42.51bn (US$5.3bn) in 2019 from NGN19.57bn in the 9M18, reports Reuters News. In addition, the company posted a 9M profit before income taxes of NBN11.68bn, up 103.8 per cent when compared with NGN5.73bn in the 9M18. Cement Co of Nigeria markets its cement under the Sokoto Cement brand name. The company is majority-owned by ...