Cement News tagged under: corporate
Tongling Shangfeng to enter Kyrgyzstan13 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsTongling Shangfeng Cement, a subsidiary of Gansu Shangfeng Cement, has signed a letter of intent to acquire an equity stake in Zeth Cement of Kyrgyzstan. The Chinese-based company aims to join forces with investor Zhu Rongjun to develop a cement and clinker line with a capacity of 3000tpd. Tongling Shangfeng will have a 58 per cent stake in Zeth while Zhu will hold the remaining 42 per cent. |
Oman: Raysut Cement first-half net profit ahead12 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsOman’s Raysut Cement reported a 5.9 per cent rise in net profit in the six months to the end of June 2014 while cement volumes held firm despite heightened competition. The company reported a net profit of OMR15.58m in the first-half of 2014, an increase of 5.9 per cent from the corresponding period last year. Group revenue inched down to OMR49.49m from OMR49.52m. Company chairman Sheikh Ahmed al Ibrahim said the group was able to maintain cement sales volumes at 2013 levels in spite o... |
CRC attributable profit surges, China12 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsChina Resources Cement (CRC) said its profit attributable to owners for the six months ended 30 June 2014 rose 79.5 per cent YoY to HK$2056m. Basic earnings per share were HK31.5 cents. Turnover reached HK$15,161m, an increase of 17.9 per cent from a year earlier. The consolidated gross margin was 31.9 per cent, representing an increase of 8.8 percentage points from 23.1 per cent for the corresponding period last year, which was mainly attributable to improved selling prices. |
Nigeria: Ashaka trebles profit in 1H1411 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsNigerian Lafarge subsidiary Ashaka Cement has reported a 1H14 profit after tax of NGN3.51bn (US$21.5m), a 201 per cent increase than its 1H13 figure of NGN1.15bn. Pretax profits at the company surged 166 per cent YoY from NGN1.65bn to NGN4.39bn in 1H14. The stellar rise in profit figures has been attributed partly to Ashaka's switch to coal from the Maiganga Coal Mine in Gombe State, a significantly cheaper alternative in its power generation. This resulted in a reduction of production co... |
Semen Indonesia to expand to 72.9Mta by 203011 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia said that it intends to expand its production capacity to 72.9Mta by 2030. As a result, output potential would more than double its present capacity of 31.8Mta, according to Dwi Soetjipto, Semen Indonesia's president director. The higher capacity would be achieved through building more plants or acquire the works of other cement producers, he added. "In 2014, the company has carried out strategic preparations for further expansion. The process of groundbreaking has bee... |
Bamburi posts first-half pretax profit drop08 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsBamburi Cement posted a 28 per cent drop in first-half pretax profit to KES2.3bn (US$26.2m) from KES3.2bn a year earlier. The Lafarge group company attributed the decline to rising power costs, increased use of imported clinker and the introduction of a mining levy in Kenya. Operating profit fell 27 per cent to KES2.2bn compared KES3bn in the comparative period of 2013. However, turnover rose 9.5 per cent as a result of higher sales volumes in the first half of the year both to domestic ma... |
Turkish producers divest of power unit08 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsTurkish cement producers Batisoke Soke Cimento Sanayii and Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayii have sold their jointly-owned power unit Tezli Dere Elektrik Uretimi. Batisoke has sold its 36 per cent stake in the power company to local investors Salih Yaman and Huseyin Sumer for a total of US$216,150, while Baticim has sold its 64 per cent stake to Salih Yaman for US$383,850, the cement companies said in separate bourse filings on Wednesday. |
Senior appointments at Orient Cement, India08 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsOrient Cement’s board of directors has appointed Rahul Deshmukh as chief operating officer at a meeting held on 7 August 2014. Meanwhile, Sushil Gupta has been named chief financial officer of the company. SK Pandey has also been appointed Plant Head of Orient's Devapur cement works. |
Fitch affirms HeidelbergCement’s ratings07 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsFitch Ratings has affirmed 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 has also affirmed the senior unsecured rating of debt issued by HC's related entities, HeidelbergCement Finance BV, HeidelbergCement Finance Luxembourg SA and Hanson Ltd at 'BB+'. “The affirmation reflects HC's investment grade business profile as the world leader in aggregates and a top three cement producer. Th... |
Tasek 2Q revenue lifted by domestic cement sales07 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsTasek Corp Bhd reported a 20.78 per cent rise in revenue for the second quarter, driven by higher demand for cement in its domestic market of Malaysia. Revenue for the three months to the end of June 2014 reached MYR171.5m, compared with MYR142m a year earlier. The company said that the higher revenue was mainly due to higher domestic demand, while its concrete unit recorded an operating loss due to lower sales volumes which were partly offset by higher average selling prices. "Sales v... |