Cement News tagged: Corporate
Fecto Cement posts loss in 1HY19
Fecto Cement Ltd has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that it has posted a loss of PKR299m (US$1.48m) for the half year ended 31 December 2019 as compared to profit PKR105m, earned in the same period last year. The losses are attributed to a slide in net turnover, which decreased by 22.91 per cent to PKR1.91bn from PKR2.28bn in the same period last year. The company incurred a lesser adminis...
Cementos Molins reports 5% rise in net profit for 2019
Cementos Molins posted a consolidated net profit of EUR90m in 2019, up five per cent YoY. EBITDA increased five per cent YoY to EUR49m. However, the depreciation of the Argentine peso and the hyperinflation in the Latin American country impacted the results. Excluding this, consolidated net profit growth would have been 16 per cent while EBITDA would have advanced by 13 per cent, said the comp...
Cahya Mata Sarawak 4Q net profit down 90%
Malaysia’s Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd’s (CMS) net profit declined 90 per cent to MYR5.4m (US$1.28m) in the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2019, compared to MYR53.5m in the 4Q18. Profit before tax decreased 76 per cent YoY to MYR20.2m in the 4Q19 from MYR83.1m in the 4Q18. CMS revenue in the 4Q19 also fell eight per cent YoY to MYR456.5m from MYR496.8m reported in the 4Q18. The reduced perform...
Power Cement reports loss due to revenue fall in 1HY19
Power Cement Ltd has announced its financial results for the half year ended 31 December 2019. It reported a loss after taxation of PKR365m (US$2.366m) compared to a profit of PKR9.7m in the corresponding period last year. The major factors responsible were reduced earnings and higher expenses together with expensive financing during this accounting period. The financing cost increased to PKR...
Arabian Cement sees 88% profit fall in 2019
Arabian Cement Co posted a 87.5 per cent drop in net profit to EGP28.93m (US$1.85m) in 2019 when compared with the previous year, according to the company’s consolidated financial statement. In 2018 the company reported a consolidated net profit of EGP231.64m. The Egypt-based cement producer’s sales declined to EGP3.1bn, compared to EGP3.27bn in 2018. As a stand-alone business net profits ...
LafargeHolcim's FY19 net sales total CHF26.7bn
LafargeHolcim's reported that its FY19 net sales reached CHF26.72bn (US$27.49bn), up 3.1 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to the prior year, driven by good growth in Europe and North America, good price dynamics across all business segments and higher prices in most markets. Recurring EBITDA amounted to CHF6,153m, up 6.5 per cent like-for-like for the full year, driven by good ...
Dangote Cement sees modest revenue decline in 2019
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has seen a modest 1.1 per cent YoY decrease in revenue to NGN891.67bn (US$2.45bn) for 2019, compared to NGN901.21bn in the previous year. EBITDA also fell 9.2 per cent YoY to NGN395.43bn from NGN435.26bn, while the margin declined to 44.3 per cent from 48.3 per cent in 2018. Total cement sales volumes in 2019 remained largely consistent YoY at 23.566Mt against 23.535M...
Adelaide Brighton sees revenue down 8% in 2019
Australia’s Adelaide Brighton Ltd has reported a 74.5 per cent YoY fall in net profit to AUD47.2m (US$31.1m) for 2019, decreasing from AUD185.2m in the previous year. Revenue also declined 7.5 per cent to AUD1.517bn from AUD1.630bn. The company’s EBITDA was down 23 per cent to AUD271.6m from AUD352.8m in 2018. "In 2019, construction materials markets softened on the eastern seaboard of Austr...
East African Portland Cement announces 8% revenue increase
Kenya’s East African Portland Cement has reported a KES1.63bn (US$16.1m) net loss in the first half of the financial year, ending 31 December 2019. This is largely consistent with the KES1.62bn net loss seen in the 1HFY18-19. However, the company’s revenue increased eight per cent to KES1.48bn, compared with KES1.37bn in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Lesser sales hit profit of Kohat Cement in 1HFY19-20
Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KOHC) has reported a YoY drop of 93.6 per cent in profit for the half year ended 31 December 2019. It reported a profit after tax of PKR97m (US$0.62m) compared to PKR1.526bn in the corresponding period last year. The fall in profit is attributed to a decrease in sales, which fell by 28.2 per cent to PKR6.021bn during this period from PKR8.391bn in the year-ago period. I...
Bangladesh's Meghna Group receives HSBC award
Meghna Group of Industries, the parent company of Unique Cement Industries Ltd in Bangladesh, has received the first HSBC Business Excellence Award for its special achievements and significant contribution to the country's socio-economic growth. The award was received by Mostafa Kamal, chairman and managing director of Meghna Group of Industries, and former president of the Bangladesh Cement...
San Luis rotary kiln burner ignited
On 21 February 2020 the main burner of the rotary kiln in the Lindos project for Cementos Avellaneda at San Luis, Argentina, was successfully ignited. SINOMA-TCDRI was the contractor for the project. The successful ignition marks the start of the trial production and performance test phase from the installation and commissioning stage.
Boral posts lower 1H earnings
Boral Ltd reported a statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) of AUD137m (US$90m) for the half-year ended 31 December 2019, after significant items of AUD20m. The half-year results reflects lower 1H earnings from Boral Australia and USG Boral due to cyclical declines in Australian and South Korean housing markets, partially offset by improvement initiatives. Volume pressures and higher costs also...
Qatar National Cement Co to diversify product range to meet infrastructure demands
Qatar National Cement Co (QNCC) has reaffirmed its support to the country's infrastructure development, adding that it will diversify its product range by adding new products to meet the growing local demand. QNCC Chairman, Salem bin Butti al-Naimi, said the company must increase efforts to "diversify the production by adding new types of cement to meet the demand of local market and utilise ...
Najran Cement reports SAR53.5m profit in 2019
Saudi Arabia’s Najran Cement Co has reported a net profit of SAR53.5m (US$14.27m) in 2019, a significant improvement upon the SAR83.5m net loss in the previous year. Sales also advanced 49.6 per cent YoY to SAR416.4m from SAR278.4m in 2018, on the back of an increase in sales volumes and prices.
Maple Leaf Cement posts loss despite increasing sales during 6MFY19-20
Pakistan-based Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) has announced its consolidated financial results for the half year ended 31 December 2019. It incurred a net loss of PKR1.76bn (US$11.41m) as compared to profit of PKR1.33bn earned in the same period last year. This shows YoY losses at 32.5 per cent. The major factors responsible for this fall were the increase in cost of sales and the huge f...