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Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo expands consolidated EBITDA margin

24 July 2015, Published under Cement News

Peruvian producer Cementos Pacasmayo's consolidated EBITDA increased 8.4 per cent to PEN178.5m (US$59m) in the first half of this year from PEN169.7m in 1H14, achieving a margin of 31.5 per cent compared with 27.3 per cent a year earlier. Net income increased 19.4 per cent to PEN96.5m. Gross margin increased to 43.1 per cent in 6M15 from 40.5 per cent in 6M14. Second-quarter results were impacted by continued weakness in cement demand from the public sector. This led to a 9.4 per cent ...

Pacasmayo expects 5% sales rise in 2015

25 February 2015, Published under Cement News

Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo is positive about the year ahead as it expects sales to rise by five per cent. The company’s general manager, Humberto Nadal del Carpio, attributes the increase to the development of several construction projects in the Latin American country. In the north of the country, the Talara refinery, the northern highway and regional projects are predicted to require around 0.5Mt of cement over the next 2-3 years. In addition, around US$90bn of infrastructure projects wil...

Peru: Pacasmayo's net income up 24% YoY

16 February 2015, Published under Cement News

Peruvian producer Cementos Pacasmayo's net income increased 24 per cent in 2014 to PEN188.8m (US$61.3m) as a result of operating efficiencies, a reduction in administrative expenses and lower losses from currency movements. Operating margin increased 0.6 percentage points in 2014, compared to 2013, mainly explained by lower administrative expenses, and an extraordinary income. Consolidated EBITDA increased 4.7 per cent (PEN365.3m in 2014 versus PEN348.9m in 2013). Cement sales volum...

Fitch affirms Pacasmayo's ratings; outlook stable

19 January 2015, Published under Cement News

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following ratings for Cementos Pacasmayo SAA): • Foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-'; • Local currency IDR at 'BBB-'; • Senior unsecured US$300m notes due 2023 at 'BBB-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. Key rating's drivers Solid business position Fitch said the ratings reflects Pacasmayo's solid business position, as the only cement producer in Peru's northern region which has resulted in high margins, low leverage and solid liquidi...

Peru: Pacasmayo Piura to come online in July 2015

12 December 2014, Published under Cement News

Cementos Pacasmayo has invested US$190m in its new Piura plant, Peru, and civil works have been almost completed. “The new plant is a project that we have started more than two-and-a-half years ago. The works, which is built with latest-generation German technology, has a production capacity of 1.6Mta of cement and 1Mta of clinker,” said Humberto Nadal, CEO of Cementos Pacasmayo. The plant aims to be “the first plant in the country with zero emissions”, he added. The company currently...

Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo profits fall 17% in 3Q14

28 October 2014, Published under Cement News

Cementos Pacasmayo reported a YoY drop in net profit of 17 per cent for 3Q14 as cement dispatches fell due to the deceleration in Peru’s economy. In the July-September quarter, the company’s profit fell to PEN40.5m (US$14m) from PEN48.8m in 3Q13. Net sales fell six per cent YoY to PEN316.2m from PEN336.4m in 3Q13. Cost of sales decreased 7.3 per cent to PEN276.2m as did output, which saw a fall of 7.5 per cent to 578,000t. However, in 9M14, Cementos Pacasmayo’s profit reached PEN121.3m,...

Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo to rebound in 4Q14

22 October 2014, Published under Cement News

Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo is expected to see a two per cent YoY drop in output volumes in 3Q14, according to investment bank JP Morgan. However, the cement producer is forecast to rebound in the 4Q14 by two per cent and recorded gains of eight and nine per cent in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The bank also has good news for Cementos Pacasmayo’s EBITDA margin as it foresees a 0.6 percentage point rise in 2015 to settle at 28.9 per cent. After a challenging nine months, the Peruvian constr...

Peruvian firms tumble on concerns of slowing shipments

10 October 2014, Published under Cement News

Peruvian cement makers slumped on concerns of slowing building materials sales while the government scales back infrastructure spending. According to reports by Bloomberg, Cementos Pacasmayo SA fell one per cent yesterday, its sixth straight daily decline, to PEN4.75. Unacem, the country’s largest cement producer, lost 1.7 per cent to PEN2.9, the lowest since September 2012. In August domestic dispatches in the Peruvian cement market edged 0.75 per cent down to 908,553t when compared with...

Pacasmayo cement volumes rise 3.5% in first six months

25 July 2014, Published under Cement News

Peruvian producer Cementos Pacasmayo reported a 3.5 per cent increase in cement sales volumes for the first six months of the year, exceeding the national average of 0.84 per cent. Consolidated sales increased 2.9 per cent YoY in the first half of 2014. Higher cement sales and a 57.2 per cent increase in quicklime dispatches were offset by a decline in concrete sales. Gross profit fell 4.1 per cent mainly due to the temporary imports of clinker and the fall in concrete demand. Net inco...

Peru: Pacasmayo 1Q net income down

30 April 2014, Published under Cement News

Peruvian producer Cementos Pacasmayo reported a drop in net income of 11.8 per cent YoY to PEN39.8m (US$14.1m) in the first quarter of 2014. EBITDA came in at PEN80.7m compared to PEN81.3m in the corresponding period of 2013. However, cement sales volumes grew by four per cent YoY, exceeding market growth, with cement net sales improving by 5.9 per cent YoY and total sales by three per cent YoY. During the Jan-Mar 2014 period, cement shipments in Peru increased marginally by 1.35 per cen...