Cement News tagged under: Greece
Titan raises EUR200m in bond issue04 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsGreece-based cement producer Titan Cement Co on Thursday successfully concluded a EUR200m bond issue. The new four-year corporate bond (arranged by Eurobank Ergasias SA, Alpha Bank AS and Credit Suisse) matures in January 2017 and has an 8.75 per cent coupon. Part of the proceeds will be used to repay a previous bond maturing later this year, Eurobank said in a statement, adding that the issue was 2.9 times oversubscribed, with considerable interest from large private banking clients a... |
Titan successfully concludes issuance of new EUR200m notes19 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsGreece-based cement producer Titan has successfully concluded the issuance of new €200m guaranteed notes, due in January 2017. Demand from international and domestic institutional and private investors ensured that the €100m minimum issue, as executed through the exchange of existing and issuance of new notes via the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, was oversubscribed 2.9 times. The new notes bear a coupon of 8.75 per cent, the minimum rate set in the offering. The successful conclusion of th... |
Titan suffers from Mediterranean markets14 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsTitan's turnover for the first nine months of 2012 edged ahead by 1% to €847m, but the EBITDA fell by 26.6% to €162.5m. The EBITDA fell by €36.6m in the Eastern Mediterranean, by €19.1m in South Eastern Europe and by €9.5m in Greece, but recovered by €6.6m in the USA. As a result, the group pre-tax profit fell by 65.7% to €26.1m. The net attributable profit dropped by 96.3% from €52.9m to just €2, after a €6.4m loss in the third quarter. Net debt at the end of September was 13.2% lower than ... |
Greek 1H12 construction contracts 12%12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsGreek construction activity shrank by an annual 12 per cent in the first half of 2012, leaving the industry on course for a seventh consecutive year of contraction as the cement industry heads towards a quarter of 2006 peak levels. Building activity in volume terms contracted to 9Mm3 in the six months to June from 10.2Mm3 a year earlier, statistics service ELSTAT said on Tuesday. It had stood at 36Mm3 in the first half of 2005, the sector's last year of expansion. Construction ha... |
The US recovery is the one bright spot for Titan30 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsTitan’s first half turnover declined by 1.6 per cent to €547.9m and the EBITDA fell by 21.3 per cent to €112.1m, as the cement producer is caught amid a continued downturn it its domestic market of Greece and US operations prove to be its only bright spot. Titan’s trading profit fell 39.5 per cent to €50.5m, but the net financial charge dropped by 54.9 per cent to €20.5m, reducing the fall in the pre-tax profit to 21.8 per cent to €29.5m. The net attributable profit emerged 65.3 per cent l... |
Texas Industries asks Commerce to probe Greece, Republic of Korea imports28 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsTexas Industries, through its subsidiary TXI Operations, submitted a letter on 24 August 2012 to the Department of Commerce and the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center, asking that Commerce self-initiate anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of "unfairly priced" Portland cement from Greece and the Republic of Korea into the Texas region, USA. TXI believes that imports from Greece and Korea are being sold at less than fair value (ie, dumped) and benefit from government subsid... |
Lafarge: July '1203 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsLafarge's 1H turnover increased by an underlying 4.9 per cent to €7614m and the EBITDA rose by 7.8 per cent to €1523m, while the trading profit increased by 14.7 per cent to €1022m. A lower €46m gain was taken on the sale of emission permits in the period. The net attributable profit, after charging restructuring costs and writing €200m off the assets in Greece, tumbled 95 per cent to €13m. Net debt at the end of June was 12 per cent lower at €12,550m and the gearing increased slightly from... |
Heracles General Cement appoints Non Executive Director28 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsHeracles General Cement Company of Greece has appointed Manolis Chris Kyprianides as a Non Executive Director. The effective date is 22 June 2012. |
IFC invests in Titan's operations in Western Balkans27 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement announced the completion of a EUR50m equity investment by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Titan’s subsidiaries in the Western Balkans region including Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo. The transaction results in IFC holding, through Titan Cement Cyprus, a minority stake of approximately 11.5 per cent in Titan’s operations in the aforementioned countries. The Greece-based cement producer said in a statement: “The collaboration in the region with an institution su... |
Heracles Group sales down 37.6% in 1Q12, Greece30 May 2012, Published under Cement NewsHeracles Group of Companies announced sales of EUR43.89m for the first quarter of 2012, a reduction of 37.60% compared with the EUR70.35m in the same period of 2011 as the Greek constructions sector stalls with now sign of a turnaround. At the EBITDA level the group reported a loss of EUR16.59m against EUR9.38m in first quarter last year. Heracles said in a statement,: “The decrease in the group and the company sales in the first quarter of 2012 reflects the intensifying recession in t... |