Cement News tagged: Corporate
Colombia: EcoCementos project will be located in free trade zone
Cementos Molins' joint venture with Colombia's Corona construction group, EcoCementos, will produce cement in one of the new free trade zones announced by the country's government. The new works, which is expected to have a clinker capacity of 3000tpd and a cement capacity of 1.35Mta, will be located in Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia. It represents a joint investment of US$370m and is expect...
Vicat advances in the USA in spite of poor weather in California
Vicat's turnover for the first nine months of the year eased by 0.9 per cent to EUR1867m, which represents an underlying improvement of 3.4 per cent. Turnover in cement was 1.9 per cent lower at EUR1136m, which represented 53.1 per cent of the group total. Cement deliveries increased by 10 per cent to 16.64Mt. The aggregates and concrete turnover improved by 2.3 per cent to EUR698m, or 32.6 pe...
Ambuja Cement profits up 80% as Indian profits climb 40% overall
Ambuja Cement has released its Q3 earnings, which show that net profits for the company were up by 80 per cent YoY at INR2.77bn (US$41.5m). Revenues were down slightly, falling by 4.3 per cent to INR20bn, but dividend income from its shareholding in ACC and falling costs, particularly in terms of power and fuel (down 10 per cent) helped to improve the company’s bottom line. Ambuja report...
Caribbean Cement posts Q3 loss of US$0.63m
Jamaica-based Caribbean Cement Company has posted a third-quarter loss of JMD81m (US$0.63m), reports the Gleaner newspaper. In a statement, the firm said: "During the reporting quarter, the company embarked on a major kiln overhaul which lasted 45 days and impacted the income statement by US$7.5m (JMD970m). Along with the capital expenditure of JMD622m invested this quarter, this is expecte...
India: Dalmia Barat sees 20% volume growth in September
Dalmia Bharat managed 20 per cent volume growth in the July-September quarter compared with the industry's volume growth of two per cent. Due to higher demand, its market share in northeastern India improved to 22 per cent in the Jul-Sep quarter from 16 per cent in the previous year. In the south its market share improved by 100 basis points to eight per cent. Factors such as gain in the...
9M16 results see upturn in the US and Egypt
Several cement companies released their 9M16 results this week. While the US and Egypt provided a healthy boost to business results for companies such as Titan Cement Group, in Asia and the Middle East returns were less positive. Titan Cement Group released its 9M16 results this week and relied on its Egyptian and US operations to boost its turnover, which climbed to EUR1124m, up 9.2 per c...
Titan Group 9M16 results boosted by Egypt and US
Titan Group results recorded a significant improvement in the nine months of 2016, reflecting the growth of the US market and the improvement of results in Egypt. Consolidated turnover reached EUR1124.2m, posting a 9.2 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2015. EBITDA increased by 24.1 per cent reaching EUR205m. Net profit, after minority interests and the provision for taxes st...
Algeria: New integrated plant to produce oil well cement
Algeria's Minister of Industry and Mines, Abdessalem Bouchouareb, has stated that a planned 1.5Mta integrated plant being built by STG Engineering and Real Estate Development will be operational by 1Q17, Radio Algérienne reports. As originally announced, the plant had been scheduled to begin production in 2016, but construction on the project did not begin until February of this year. Bu...
Philippines: Republic Cement expands affordable housing initiative
Republic Cement has announced plans to partner with three microfinance organisations to provide housing and home-improvement loans, the Manila Times reports. “Republic Cement is dedicated to helping address the Philippine housing backlog through collaborations that create shared value for those at the bottom of the pyramid,” said Renato Sunico, president of Republic Cement and Building Mate...
UAE: Ras Al Khaimah sees 3Q16 profit fall of 85% YoY
Ras Al Khaimah Cement reported a fall of 84.7 per cent YoY in profits during 3Q16, according to a bourse statement. Earnings in the third quarter decreased to AED747,710 (US$203,520) in 3Q16 from AED4.88m the year before. In the January-September 2016 period profits amounted to AED7.78m, up 6.1 per cent when compared with a profit of AED7.33m in 9M15.
Mixed 3Q16 results for Turkey's cement producers
Turkish cement manufacturers Mardin Cimento, Adana Cimento, Unye Cimento, Bolu Cimento and Aslan Cimento have reported their third-quarter results for the July-September 2016 period. Mardin and Adana registered a decline in net profit while Unye, Bolu and Aslan witnessed an increase. Mardin Cimento's net profit for 3Q landed at TRY8.8m (US$2.8m) compared to TRY13.8m last year. Revenue for t...
PT Indocement sees 12% drop in 9M16 sales
In the first nine months of 2016, Indonesia’s PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa noted a 12 per cent YoY fall in sales to IDR11.3trn (US$866m). The company’s net profit of the period slipped 2.2 per cent to IDR3.15trn while the cost of sales was down 7.2 per cent YoY to IDR6.6trn.
Pakistan: Dewan Cement profits up 61%
Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) posted a net profit of PKR268m (US$2.55m) for the quarter ended 30 September, a 61.4 per cent increase YoY from the PKR166m registered last year. Company revenue increased 14 per cent YoY (-18 per cent QoQ) to PKR2.94bn, mainly as a result of increasing dispatches and rising prices following a higher federal excise duty on cement manufacturers. Gross margins remained ...
India: JK Cement net profits climbs 182%
On a stand-alone basis, JK Cement’s net profit was reported at INR410m (US$6.14m) for the July-September quarter, a 182 per cent increase from the INR145.4m net profit recorded in the same period last year. Stand-alone total income for the period under review increased by seven per cent to INR10.76bn, up from INR10.08bn in the same period last year. Total expenses registered higher during t...
Indonesia: Holcim Indonesia reports 5.3% growth in 9M16
Publicly-listed Holcim Indonesia reported 5.3 per cent sales growth YoY to IDR6.91trn (US$530m) in the first nine months of 2016. The company attributed the performance to a 10.4 per cent increase in its cement sales volume to 6.2Mt. Domestic sales growth stood at less than three percent, with total sales at 44.7Mt. However, as prices remained under pressure, the company continued to note...
Pakistan: start-up of second Cherat production line
Cherat Cement Factory's Line 2 with a cement capacity of 4500tpd formally started production on 31 October 2016. The construction of the second line began in 2014 and has been completed within two years, said a senior manager at the factory. Cherat Cement is a a Ghulam Faruque Group (GFG) company and its existing 3200tpd line has been operational since 1985. The plant is located at Lakra...