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Spanish Cementos Lemona profit down

01 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Spanish cement producer Cementos Lemona posted a Euro 9.11m consolidated attributable net profit for the first nine months of 2004, down 35 per cent year-on-year, the company reported to the Spanish stock market regulator CNMV on October 29, 2004. The turnover of the company for January to September 2004 fell by 5.4 per cent year-on-year to Euro72.22m. The consolidated pre-tax profit of the company fell to Euro9.6m for the first nine months of 2004 from Euro17.1m for the same period of 2...

AXA increases HeidelbergCement stake

29 October 2004, Published under Cement News

French insurance giant Axa said Friday it had increased its stake in German cement maker HeidelbergCement to 10.22 percent from 9.28 percent previously. Under German law, companies are obliged to publicly disclose any changes in shareholdings above and below certain thresholds such as five or 10 percent. In a mandatory legal filing published in the German press on Friday, Axa revealed that its holding in HeidelbergCement had now breached the 10-percent threshold. HeidelbergCement said the Fr...

China touches the interest brakes

29 October 2004, Published under Cement News

China’s central bank raised interest rates Thursday for the first time in nearly a decade, signaling a deep unease with the breakneck pace of development and an intent to curb a construction boom that is sowing fears of runaway inflation. The unexpected announcement by the People’s Bank of China drove down oil and commodity prices, as well as the stocks of mining and metals companies worldwide, with the expectation that China’s voracious appetite for raw materials will wane as its economy...

India’s Mangalam Cement swings to profit

29 October 2004, Published under Cement News

Indian cement maker Mangalam Cement Ltd said on Friday it made a net profit of 4.6 million rupees in the July-September quarter compared with a net loss of 290.7 million rupees a year ago.  It said net sales rose to 706.7 million rupees from 496.0 million rupees a year ago.

Colombian Cementos Rioclaro

29 October 2004, Published under Cement News

Colombian cement maker Cementos Rioclaro, a subsidiary of Colombian largest cement maker Cemento Argos, posted a net profit of 33.574bn Colombian pesos ($12.99m) from January to September 2004, compared to a net profit of 38.445 bln pesos ($14.88m) for the same period of 2003, the company said on October 27, 2004. Operating revenue stood at 118.446 bln pesos ($45.84m) from January to September 2004, versus 115.151 bn pesos ($44.56m) for the same period of 2003. Cementos Rioclaro, as well as C...

Siam Cement posts jump in 3Q net profit

28 October 2004, Published under Cement News

The Siam Cement Group posted net profit of 11,988 million baht (US$292m) for the third quarter of this financial year, a jump of 147 per cent on the same period last year.  The company said in a statement that SCG performed strongly in most business units, but particularly in petrochemicals. SCG’s total sales amounted to 52,233 million baht (US$1.2 billion) during the current quarter, a 45 per cent increase on last year. By sector, SCG’s petrochemicals recorded total sales of 21,135 ...

Pakistan’s DGK Cement posts profits

28 October 2004, Published under Cement News

The profit of DG Khan Cement in the first quarter ended September 30, 2004, may range from Rs 235 million (US$3.9 million) to Rs 302 million. DG Khan sold 484,000t cement during 1QFY05, about 37 percent higher compared to dispatches during similar period last year. Due to this and better retention price, analysts expect D G Khan net sales to increase by 45 percent to Rs 1.3 billion. The company’s before tax profit is expected to increase by 44-50 percent to 362-377 million rupees, compar...

Saudi Southern Province

28 October 2004, Published under Cement News

Saudi cement producer Southern Province Cement (SPC) posted a net profit of 439 mln Saudi riyals ($117.1m) for the first nine months of 2004, up from 386.5 mln riyals ($103.1m) in the same period of 2003.  SPC’s gross profit stood at 458.1 mln riyals ($122.2m), up 10.6 per cent year-on-year, while operating expenses decreased 7.3 per cent to 19.6 mln riyals ($5.2m).

UltraTech Cement posts net loss

27 October 2004, Published under Cement News

The AV Birla group company - UltraTech Cement Ltd has posted a net loss of Rs 2.3 crore for the quarter ended September 2004. Net sales for the quarter was reported at Rs 587.8 crore. The company has provided an interest of Rs 26.9 crore as interest and depreciation of Rs 64.9 crore (including Rs 18.3 crore on account of depreciation of previous years), according to a company statement. The company’s aggregate sales volumes rose 2.2% at 33.44 lakh mt. The company’s domestic market share stoo...

Maltsovsky Portlandcement

27 October 2004, Published under Cement News

Maltsovsky Portlandcement made over 2.8Mt of cement in 9M 2004, a 1.4 per cent rise against in the same period 2003. Packed cement output was about 268,000t, Eurocement press service reported .