Cement News tagged: Corporate
BUA Cement increases revenues by 28% in 9M23
BUA Cement has released its 9M23 results and posted revenue of NGN335,863m up 27.9 per cent from NGN262,598m in 9M22. Operating profit increased from NGN99,245m in 9M22 to NGN119,683m in 9M23, up 20.6 per cent. Profit after tax for the 9M23 reached NGN76,065m up from NGN74014m in 9M22. Plant expansion at the Obu and Sokoto plants are ongoing with commissioning scheduled for the 1Q24 which...
DG Khan Cement saw profits up by 70% YoY in 1QFY23-24
DG Khan Cement Co Ltd of Pakistan has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 30 September 2023 with details posted on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) website. Its net profit after taxation rose 70 per cent to PKR660.57m (US$2.38m) from PKR388.93m during this comparative period due to higher revenue. According to AHL Research, factors responsible for the higher pr...
Dangote posts 53% YoY rise in revenue in 3Q23
Dangote Cement Plc has reported revenue of NGN563.77bn (US$703.77m) in the third quarter of 2023, up 52.7 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year. Gross profit over the same period advanced by 46.3 per cent to NGN304.11bn, while pretax profit surged 132.4 per cent to NGN165.03bn. Profit after tax leapt to NGN98.95bn, marking a 141.3 per cent YoY advance. Meanwhile, earnings...
Holcim US expands Ste Genevieve plant
In support of its commitment to sustainably supply the nation’s growing construction industry, Holcim US has announced a US$100m investment in its Ste Genevieve cement plant— the largest cement-producing facility in North America and one of the most technologically advanced and environmentally efficient facilities in the world. The expansion will increase the plant's cement production ca...
Saint-Gobain reports stable sales, supported by acquisitions
Saint Gobain has reported stable like-for-like sales over the first nine months of 2023, compared to the same period a year earlier, despite a 3.1 per cent YoY contraction in the 3Q23. On a reported basis, sales were down 4.9 per cent to EUR36.5bn (US$38.6bn) in the 9M23 and fell by 10.5 per cent to EUR11.6bn in the 3Q23. Prices over the nine-month period advanced by five per cent YoY and by 1...
Maple Leaf Cement profits increase to PKR1.62bn in 1QFY23-24
Pakistan cement producer Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd ( Kohinoor Textile Mills Ltd ) announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 30 September 2023, on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) website. Its net profit after taxation rose to PKR1.62bn (US$5.84m) from PKR1.37bn during this comparative period due to higher revenue. Its net sales increased to PKR16.67bn in the 1QFY...
Power Cement reports losses in 1QFY23-24
Power Cement Ltd in Pakistan announced its financial results for 1QFY23-24 on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) website. It posted a loss after tax of PKR540m (US$1.94m) during this period, compared to a loss of PKR271m in 1QFY23. The increased sales could not bring profit to the company account. The company's sales increased to PKR9.73bn in 1QFY23-24 from PKR5.57bn in the year-ago pe...
Holcim sees 4% organic growth in 3Q23 sales
Holcim reported net sales of CHF7340m (US$8147m) in the third quarter of 2023, down 8.8 per cent in absolute figures but up 4.3 per cent organically when compared with the 3Q22 when net sales reached CHF8045m. Recurring EBIT increased by 3.1 per cent (14.1 per cent organically) to CHF1600m in the 3Q23 from CHF1551m in the 3Q22. Jan Jenisch, Holcim chairman and CEO, said: “Q3 confirms Holc...
CEMEX reports 32% jump in EBITDA in 3Q23
CEMEX has reported nine per cent YoY growth in sales for the third quarter of 2023. EBITDA over the same period advanced by 32 per cent, while the EBITDA margin expanded by 3.5 percentage points to 19.9 per cent. For the first time since the launch of CEMEX’s pricing strategy in 2021, designed to regain profitability after a surge in input cost inflation, quarterly EBITDA margin exceeded its...
Udaipur Cement reports revenue growth in September quarter
India’s Udaipur Cement Works Ltd (UWCL) has reported total revenue of INR2695.2m (US$32.38m) in the quarter ended 30 September 2023, marking an increase from the INR2464.7m seen in the previous quarter and INR2205m recorded in the same quarter a year earlier. Net profit after tax for the September 2023 quarter came in at INR121.5m, compared to INR42.1m in the previous quarter and INR21.8m in...
Dewan Cement reports PKR115m loss in 1QFY23-24
Pakistan cement producer Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) , subsidiary of Mega Conglomerate Ltd , announced its financial results for the 1QFY23-24, which ended 30 September 2023, on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) website. It reported a loss after taxation of PKR115m (US$0.414m) against a loss of PKR681m during this period. The loss can be attributed to the high cost of sales during this period d...
Cementos Pacasmayo reports 3% EBITDA gain in 3Q23
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo has reported a revenue of PEN516.7m in the third quarter of 2023, a 6.7 per cent decline when compared with the 3Q22. Dispatch volumes of cement, concrete and prefabricated products fell by 11.5 per cent YoY. “A contraction in demand was observed due to the stagnation of the execution of public investment, a contraction in the self-construction segment and a s...
ACC Ltd reports YoY rise in revenue
India’s ACC Ltd has reported total income of INR46,425.3m (US$557.7m) in the quarter ended 30 September 2023, down from INR52,793.5m in the previous quarter but up from INR40,561.6m in the same period a year earlier. Profit after tax came in at INR3842.9m in the September 2023 quarter, compared to a INR4639.3m profit in the previous quarter but a loss of INR910.9m in the September 2022 qu...
Fauji Cement Co reports capacity utilisation of 64% in 1QFY23-24
Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) announced its financial results for 1QFY23-24, which ended on 30 September 2023, at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 25 October. The company said that the 1QFY23-24 saw a considerable increase of 14 per cent YoY in the industry’s domestic demand, a 48 per cent increase in exports to Afghanistan and an overall increase of 16 per cent. Thus, the com...
Strong 3Q results from Vulcan boost full-year forecasts
Vulcan Materials Co has reported revenues of US$2186m in the third quarter of 2023, up from US$2088m in the same period a year earlier. Gross profit over the same timeframe has advanced from US$493m to US$591m, while adjusted EBITDA has improved from US$507m to US$602m. In the 3Q23 the aggregates segment saw its gross profit increase by 17 per cent YoY to US$508m (equivalent to US$7.95/...
CEMEX utilises by-pass dust for agricultural use
CEMEX and waste management company Silverwoods are utilising by-pass dust (BPD) from the CEMEX Rugby cement plant for agricultural purposes, supporting the circular economy. Since 2015 nearly 130,000t of BPD have been recovered through the partnership. BPD is ideal for use on farmland due to its high potassium and lime content, meaning it can provide a direct sustainable replacement for t...