Cement News tagged: Corporate
American Starlinger-Sahm appoints new VP
Alfred Rak has joined American Starlinger-Sahm, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Starlinger & Co GmbH of Austria as Vice President of Sales as of 1 March 2012. In his new position, Alfred Rak oversees the entire Starlinger product portfolio for the US and Canadian market. He has over 30 years of experience in international sales and trade an his previous positions have been President and CEO of K...
Vietnam mineral firm buys 500,000 shares in YenBai Cement, Vietnam
Alatca Mineral Process Exploit JSC has acquired 500,000 shares in YenBai Cement and Minerals JSC (YBC). Accordingly, Alatca has raised its holding in YenBai Cement to 10.34% from zero.
Lafarge, UltraTech eye Jaiprakash units, India
Aditya Birla Group and Lafarge are separately in talks to buy Jaiprakash Associates cement units, the Economic Times reported on Friday. Officials from Lafarge and the Aditya Birla Group-controlled UltraTech Cement Ltd, Indias biggest cement producer, have completed preliminary talks and final bids are expected shortly, the newspaper said, citing sources with knowledge of the development. ...
Fontana sees more swaps in cement reshuffle
Holcim Chief Executive Officer Bernard Fontana said swapping cement production facilities is more likely than outright purchases or sale of individual units, according to Bloomberg reports. Swapping parts of a portfolio with another company would not be more difficult to implement than buying or selling individual units, Fontana told journalists at a meeting in Zurich. Holcim’s CEO has said h...
Cemex Mary Nour fine upheld by antitrust authority
Cemex has said Mexico’s antitrust agency upheld a fine of MXP10.2m (US$729,000) against the company for blocking a 2004 cement shipment from Russia, according to Bloomberg reports. Cemex sees the fine as unfounded and will seek an injunction against it, said Jorge Perez, a company spokesman. The Monterrey, Mexico-based company appealed the fine, which the nation’s Federal Competition Commis...
West China Cement profit warning
West China Cement (WCC) warned that its net profit in the first half of this year is expected to plunge more than 50% on-year due to a drop in cement price. This follows a warning from industry peer, Anhui Conch Cement who last week also issued 1H profit warnings. DBS Vickers expects WCC's earnings are bottoming out as cement prices are recovering. It keeps the stock at Buy with a target pric...
Dangote targets US$35bn-40bn London listing, Nigeria
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is targeting a market capitalisation of US$35-$40bn for his cement company when he lists it in London next year, he told Reuters on Wednesday. "It depends on the market, but it should be something like US$35 to $40bn. We are targeting something like that," Dangote said of the secondary listing in London that is planned for late next year. Africa's richest m...
Fitch affirms Lafarge IDR at BB+
Fitch has affirmed the Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and the senior unsecured rating of Lafarge at BB+ with a "stable" outlook. The affirmations reflect Fitch's view that the group will continue to reduce debt and improve its credit metrics in 2012, the agency said in a statement today. Fitch expects Lafarge's leverage ratio to fall below 4.0x by the end of 2012, a level that would b...
Lafarge to start Tarmac asset sales by end-June
Anglo American and cement maker Lafarge are likely to begin selling a series of assets as required by UK regulators by the end of the month in order to proceed with a proposed joint venture, Lafarge's chief executive said on Tuesday. The UK’s Competition Commission said last month that the companies had to sell "an extensive package of operations" including one of the country’s largest cement...
Cemex wins arbitration over sale of some European assets
Cemex said Monday that an arbitration court has ordered Austria's Strabag SE pay Cemex EUR30m plus interest and other costs after the European company pulled out of a 2008 agreement to buy Cemex assets in Austria and Hungary. C emex said in a filing with the Mexican stock exchange that the International Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce ruled on May 31 that Strabag's ...
Baker and McKenzie advises Najran Cement Co, Saudi Arabia
Baker and McKenzie advised Najran Cement Company (NCC) on its initial public offering of 85,000,000 shares at SAR10 a share (IPO), representing 50% of its share capital at an aggregate offer price of SR850,000,000. Najran Cement was established in 2005 and has a cement capacity of 9000tpd. At present, the plant consists of two production lines and one grinding unit. To capitalise on expected ...
Fitch affirms HeidelbergCement at BB+
Fitch Ratings has affirms HeidelbergCement’s Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB+' and Short-term IDR at 'B'. The Outlook on the Long-term IDR is Stable. The agency also affirmed the senior unsecured rating of debt issued by HC's related entities, HeidelbergCement Finance BV, Hanson Ltd and Hanson Australia Funding Ltd. at 'BB+'. “The affirmations reflect HeidelbergCement's care...
Saudi cement producers see 1Q rise in net profit
Two leading Saudi Arabian cement producers have reported solid gains in the first quarter of 2012 driven by higher sales volumes as a result of rising local demand. Saudi Cement Company (SCC) said that its net profit for the three months through March 2012 surged 54.4% YoY to SAR325.6m (US$86.8m) from SAR210.8m a year earlier. Meanwhile, Eastern Province Cement Company registered a SAR10...
Bank of China runs Inner Mongolian cement producer debt offer
Bank of China Ltd has been mandated as lead underwriter and book-runner of Inner Mongolia Mengxi Cement Co's planned debt offering worth CNY400m (US$63m), China Knowledge reports today, citing unnamed sources. The Chinese cement producer plans to sell CNY400m of 365-day unsecured bills on 15 June. The bills will be issued on the interbank market and the coupon rate will be set during the bo...
Holcim Liban’s 2011 profits down by 15.9%, Lebanon
Holcim Liban reported net profits of US$28.3m in 2011, down by 15.9 per cent from US$33.7m in 2010, the Daily Star reports. Sales reached US$195.6m last year, representing a 5.7 YoY rise. Gross profits were US$35.6m in 2011, down by 11.6 per cent from US$40.3m in 2010. The company operates a 2.9Mta cement works in Chekka, about 56km north of Beirut with headquarters in Antelias.
Huaxin sales increase 30 per cent since Holcim investment, China
Holcim has said that its Holcim said that its joint venture Hubei Huaxin Cement has seen annual sales growth of 30 per cent since it invested in the company.??Holcim entered the Chinese market in 1995, a report by China Daily states. In 1999, the company made a strategic investment in Huaxin Cement, in Hubei province, and became the company's largest shareholder in 2008. Currently, Holcim ...