Cement News tagged under: Malaysia
Malaysia: CMS Cement to raise prices09 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsCMS Cement Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd, announced that it will raise its cement price by an average of 4.6 per cent, effective 1 January 2016, due to the depreciation of the ringgit. In a statement issued on Tuesday, CMS said it will increase the prices to maintain the quality of its cement manufacturing and supply businesses, among others. It added that the sustained depreciation of the ringgit since January 2015 had created an unprecedented increase in the cost ... |
Lafarge Malaysia net profit boosted by cement revenue19 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Malaysia Bhd, the country's largest cement manufacturer, recorded a 28.9 per cent increase in net profit to MYR70.65m (US$16.30m) for the third quarter ended 30 September 2015 from MYR54.81m, mainly due to higher sales from the cement segment, improved plant performance, and higher foreign exchange (forex) gains. Revenue for 3QFY15 rose slightly to MYR670.88m from MYR664.63m in 3QFY14, thanks to higher revenue from its cement segment which offset the lower revenue from its concrete ... |
Aalborg Portland Malaysia selects Veeam Availability Suite v825 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsVeeam® Software, provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Center™ announced that Aalborg Portland Malaysia Sdn Bhd has deployed Veeam Availability Suite v8 TM to deliver the Always-On Business TM . “In order for our company to maintain operations, our users need access to data all day, every day,” explained Raymond Lok, Senior IT Executive for Aalborg Portland Malaysia. “As such, Aalborg Portland cannot afford downtime as the impact of even a day’s delay could co... |
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd to acquire Holcim Malaysia21 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Malaysia Bhd plans to acquire Holcim (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, for MYR330m (US$77.4m) cash, as part of parent company LafargeHolcim Ltd’s plans to consolidate operations in the southeast Asian country. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Lafarge Malaysia said it has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement with Holcim Indonesia for the proposed acquisition. Lafarge Malaysia said it plans to finance the purchase consideration via a combination of internal funds and/or bank b... |
CMS Bhd reports stable earnings, Malaysia27 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsCMS Bhd (CMSB) reported a total revenue of MYR867.84m (US$206m) for the first half of 2015, a rise of 14.7 per cent on the MYR756.6m recorded a year earlier. Pretax profit in the first half of 2015 remained stable at MYR161.72m (versus MYR164.84m in 1H14). The group’s profit after tax and non-controlling interests was MYR98.08m, down 6.7 per cent from the MYR105.11m posted a year earlier which had benefitted from the impact of land sales. The company said the main contributors towards p... |
Malaysia: YTL Corporation Bhd full-year pretax profit down 15.7% YoY24 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsYTL Corporation Bhd's pre-tax profit for the financial year ended 30 June 2015 fell to MYR2.37bn (US$562m) from MYR2.81bn a year earlier. Revenue decreased to MYR16.8bn from MYR19.3bn previously, the company said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia On its outlook, YTL Corp expects to achieve overall satisfactory performance for the financial year ending 30 June 2016 in construction, information technology and e-commerce businesses, cement manufacturing and trading, property investment and develo... |
CMS sees strong start to the year, Malaysia18 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsCaha Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) reported a total revenue of MYR491m (US$132.3m) for the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 32 per cent from MYR373.24m a year earlier. Pretax profit of MYR95.01m in 1Q15 was 44 per cent up on the MYR66.19m in 1Q14. Profit after tax and non-controlling interests increased by 48 per cent to MYR57.42m from MYR38.9m in 1Q14. Earnings per share stood at 5.52 sen versus 3.81 sen (adjusted for share split and a bonus issue in June 2014) from the corresponding perio... |
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines top Vietnamese importers in first four months26 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsBangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan remained among major importers of Vietnamese clinker and cement in the first four months of this year, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade said. Bangladesh took the lead after importing 2.62Mt of cement worth US$100.24m from Vietnam in the period, while Indonesia came second with 937,982t worth US$42.39m and the Philippines ranked third with 468,419t worth US$18.43m. Following on, Taiwan consumed 346,396t worth US$14.81m and Ma... |
Lafarge Malaysia first-quarter pretax profit rises, construction outlook 'positive'21 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Malaysia Bhd's pretax profit for the first quarter to the end of March 2015 rose to MYR99.36m (US$27.6m) from MYR97.19m in the same quarter of last year. Revenue advanced by three per cent to MYR696.09m versus RM676.63m in the same period of last year due to higher cement and concrete sales in the domestic market on the back of market growth, it said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia today. "The outlook of the construction sector is expected to remain positive this year driven mainl... |
CMS Bhd 1Q pretax profit up 44%, Malaysia21 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsSarawak-based Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMSB) reported a 44 per cent rise in pretax profit for the first quarter of 2015 to MYR95.01m, driven by its Construction & Materials Trading, Cement and Construction & Road Maintenance divisions. The Cement division reported a pretax profit of MYR29.37m for 1Q15, exceeding the previous year (MYR20.44m) by 44 per cent. The Construction Materials & Trading Division recorded a pretax profit of MYR30.32m in 1Q15, a 145 per cent increase versus MYR12.38m ... |