Cement News tagged: Corporate
Egypt: South Valley Cement to double capacity
Tamer Abdel Rahman, investor relations manager of South Valley Cement, said that the company intends to double its production capacity to 3.2Mta. He added that the intended increase is supported by two new cement mills under construction, Alborsa newspaper reported. Simon CDI is building the new line which will have a cement capacity of 1.7Mta. The new capacity is due to come on-stream in 2017.
Chile: Cemento Polpaico to pay US$14.6m in back-taxes
Cemento Polpaico reported that the Chilean tax office (SII) has ordered the cement producer to pay U$14.6m in back-taxes for the years 2012 and 2013. Liquidations have led to US$7.2m outstanding with the country’s revenue authorities, with adjustments, interest and fines by SII increasing the amount payable to US$14.6m. Polpaico indicated that it believes the adjustments are unfounded and ...
LafargeHolcim to pay post-merger dividend
Following the successful closing of the merger of Lafarge and Holcim, the new LafargeHolcim Ltd has announced that it will distribute an exceptional scrip dividend of one new-issue share for every 20 LafargeHolcim Ltd shares held. Settlement and delivery of the new-issue shares will start on 10 September, LafargeHolcim Ltd said. The group shareholders approved in May a capital increase via an...
Simon Vivian announced as new MPA chairman
Simon Vivian, currently chief executive of Breedon Aggregates Ltd, the UK’s largest independent aggregates business, has been appointed MPA chairman for the next two years. He will succeed Bill Brett of the Brett Group, from 1 September 2015, and of the Mineral Products Association’s (MPA) five chairmen to date, he is the third to serve from an independent company. Nigel Jackson,...
Fitch Downgrades Shanshui to 'B-'; Outlook Negative
Fitch Ratings has downgraded China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd's (Shanshui) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured ratings to 'B-' from 'B+'. The agency has also removed the company from Rating Watch Negative and assigned it a Negative Outlook. The Recovery Rating on the senior unsecured ratings remains at 'RR4'. The rating downgrade reflects the continued weak business envi...
Siam Cement Group to miss full-year revenue target
Siam Cement Group, Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate, expects to miss its revenue target of THB480bn (US$13.42bn) this year as consumers' purchasing power has declined amid a continued poor global economic outlook, Bangkok Post reported, citing chief executive Kan Trakulhoon.
UltraTech Cement poised to lift capacity to 71Mta
UltraTech Cement is set to take its capacity to 71.2Mta by 31 March 2016 on the back of ongoing projects as well as recent acquisitions, chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Friday. "Despite the cement industry being snowed under the slowdown in the rural economy, lack of investment from both private and public sector coupled with the overall sluggish demand, UltraTech had put in a commenda...
Arabian Cement approves selling frozen stocks of shareholders, Egypt
Arabian Cement’s ordinary general assembly yesterday approved the selling of shareholders frozen shares. The OGM refused a Board of Directors restructure, and is to retain the same members of the Board of Directors. (Source : EGX & Arab Finance editor)
Fitch affirms CRH rating, but lowers outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ireland-based building materials company CRH plc's Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'BBB'. It has also downgraded the Short-term IDR to 'F3' from 'F2'. All ratings have been removed from Rating Watch Negative. The Outlook is Negative. This follows the group's announcement of its agreement to purchase CR Laurence Co, Inc (CRL) for a...
Moody's: Conch Cement's 1H15 results are in line with its A3 rating
Moody's Investors Service, (Moody's) says that Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd's 1H15 results are in line with its A3 issuer rating and stable outlook. "Conch's strengthened market position and maintenance of low debt leverage in 1H15 continue to support its A3 rating, despite the pressures from industry overcapacity and the slowdown in infrastructure and property developments," said Franco Leung,...
India: BMM Cements becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Sagar Cements
Sagar Cements has acquired 100 per cent equity holding in BMM Cements. With this, BMM Cements has now become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. The company had earlier received final approval for the acquisition of 100 per cent equity stake in BMM Cements, which owns a cement plant of 1Mta and a 25MW captive thermal power plant in Gudipadu near Tadipatri Anantapur District in the sta...
Cementos Argos’ 2Q EBITDA advances 45% YoY
Cementos Argos’ consolidated EBITDA increased by 45 per cent in the second quarter of 2015, reaching COP371bn. Consolidated revenues grew 26 per cent YoY to COP1.8trn, The US regional devision recorded an EBITDA of US$35m, up 44 per cent YoY. Net income for the quarter jumped 211 per cent to COP142bn. Year-to-date cement dispatches increased by 14 per cent to 6.8Mt while ready-mix conc...
Boral's pre-tax profit rises by 38.9%
Boral's turnover in its financial year to the end of June 2015 declined by 15.2 per cent to AUD4415m (EUR2893m) but the EBITDA improved by 8.8 per cent to AUD605m (EUR396m). The trading profit advanced by 21.4 per cent to AUD357m (EUR234m) and after a net interest charge 22.9 per cent lower at AUD64m (EUR42m) the pre-tax profit rose by 38.9 per cent to AUD293m (EUR192m). The net attributable p...
EAPCC appoints new chief operating officer
Kenya-based East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has appointed Albert Sigei as chief operating officer, effective 24 August 2015. Sigei will be responsible for production operation, production engineering, supply chain management, sales and marketing. He joins EAPCC from Lafarge, Nigeria, where he was vice-president of business support and ready-mix operations. EAPCC has recently undertak...
Bamburi first-half pretax profit jumps 94%
Bamburi Cement reported a 94 per cent jump in first-half pretax profit from a year earlier to KES4.5bn (US$43m). According to Reuters, the company attributed the strong performance to growth in demand in its two main markets, Uganda and Kenya, cost cutting and gains in its dollar-based liquid assets due to a steep weakening of the Ugandan and Kenyan currencies. Turnover grew to KES19.3bn fro...
CRH's first-half driven by the Americas
CRH's first half turnover advanced by 12.6 per cent to €9,370m and the EBITDA improved by 9.9 per cent to €555m. The trading profit increased by 11.2 per cent to €189m and after a net interest charge 8.6 per cent higher at €139m, the pre-tax profit increased by 3.3 per cent to €63m. The net attributable result improved by €1m to €46m. Net debt at the end of June was 67.3 per cent lower at €...