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Huaxin Cement sees revenue fall 2% in 1H22

01 September 2022, Published under Cement News

China’s Huaxin Cement Co Ltd has reported revenue of CNY14,389m (US$2087m) in the first half of 2022, down 2.41 per cent YoY. The fall is being blamed on lower cement sales volumes and higher fuel costs. Over the same period, net profit attributable to equity shareholders contracted by 34.9 per cent to CNY1587m. Due to the country’s extreme macro-economic environment, sales volumes of cement and ready-mixed concrete fell 21.5 per cent YoY in the first six months of 2022 to approximately 29Mt...

Lafarge Zambia to revert name to Chilanga Cement

13 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Zambia (Holcim group) is set to change its name and revert to ‘Chilanga Cement Plc’ following a share sale and purchase agreement signed and executed with Huaxin (Hainan) Investment Co Ltd. Lafarge Zambia Plc has also announced the appointment of its new director of the board and chief executive officer, Chai Jianping.

Huaxin Cement to begin plant operations within three weeks

10 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Huaxin Cement is now expected to start production at its new 3000tpd plant in Nepal within the next three weeks, with the necessary preparations being made. "We are in the process of finalising the test production. Necessary equipment has been connected, and only some basic works remain. They will be completed in a few days,” said Dilliraj Pokharel, deputy general manager of Huaxin Cement Industry. Electricity has reportedly been made available to the facility since Monday.

Holcim divests Zambian subsidiary to Huaxin Cement

02 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Holcim has closed the sale of its business in Zambia, representing a 75 per cent stake in the company, to the Chinese cement group Huaxin for an enterprise value of US$150m for 100 per cent ownership of the company. The deal was closed following approvals from Chinese and Zambian authorities. Jan Jenisch, Holcim CEO: said “This divestment is another step in our transformation to become the global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions giving us the flexibility to con...

Power supply switching station ready for Huaxin Cement

18 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has commissioned the switching station in Dhading district that will be supplying electricity to the Huaxin Cement plant that is under construction. According to the NEA, the switching station was charged on Friday by using the electricity supply from Marsyangdi-Syuchatar 132kV transmission line. The NEA will be supplying 20MW of electricity to the cement factory. As a result, NEA  will be able to supply electricity locally through two transmission lines w...

Huaxin Cement plans US$160m investment in African expansion

17 June 2021, Published under Cement News

Huaxin Cement plans to spend US$160m to purchase cement factories in Zambia and Malawi to expand its presence in Africa, according to a company statement. Huaxin Hainan Investment wants to buy a 75 per cent stake in Lafarge Zambia from French cement maker Financière Lafarge, which isa major shareholder in Huaxin through its subsidiary Dutch finance firm Holchin, for US$112.5 m, said the Chinese cement company. It will also make compulsory cash offers to public stakeholders to buy up th...

Huaxin Cement announces profit decline for 2020

14 January 2021, Published under Cement News

China’s Huaxin Cement expects its net profit to decrease by 9-14 per cent YoY in 2020, compared to CNY6.3bn (US$974m) in the previous year, according to preliminary calculations by the company’s financial department. The company’s performance last year has been attributed to the severe impact of the pandemic in the first half and the large-scale flooding of the Yangtze River in July. Prices also declined, negatively impacting operating income. However, in the third and fourth quarters of...

Maweni Limestone upgrades kiln line

09 July 2020, Published under Cement News

Huaxin Cement’s Maweni Limestone subsidiary has ignited the kiln and begun trial production at its recently-upgraded 0.75Mta plant. Huaxin Cement acquired the Tanzanian company in May this year and began work on the kiln line on 1 June. The grinding section of the facility is not expected to be upgraded. Subject to developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Huaxin is now planning to send a management team to implement the advanced cement process technology, according to reports.

Huaxin Cement acquires ARM Cement's Tanzanian unit

20 May 2020, Published under Cement News

The Tanzanian unit of Kenya's ARM Cement has been sold to China's Huaxin Cement, according to its administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers. Huaxin is expected to invest US$116m into Maweni Limestone Ltd to settle liabilities and another US$30m to complete a plant construction and upgrade. "Securing a suitable investor with the ability to make the requisite investments and inject much-needed capital to boost Maweni's operations [...] was a top priority [...] given Maweni's dire financial si...

Huaxin Cement reports 65% fall in 1Q20 profit

29 April 2020, Published under Cement News

China’s Huaxin Cement has reported a 65 per cent YoY decline in net profit to CNY354.1m (US$50.06m) for the first quarter of 2020, according to Reuters. However, the company had posted a 22.4 per cent YoY rise in net profit to CNY6.3bn for the full-year 2019 period.