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Lafarge Africa revenue rises

26 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Africa Plc announced a profit after tax of NGN5.2bn (US$17m) versus NGN1.9bn in the same period of last year driven by an increase in revenue, comparatively higher gross margin and higher investment and other income. Cement revenue grew by 61 per cent YoY, as relatively higher prices in both Nigeria and South Africa more than offset the lower sales volume experienced in both markets. In Nigeria volumes grew by six per cent compared to the final quarter of 2016 but were down by 12 ...

Pacasmayo's volumes impacted by El Niño effect

26 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Peruvian producer Cementos Pacasmayo SAA and its subsidiaries saw revenues decrease by 9.3 per cent and sales volumes of cement, concrete and blocks fell by 12.2 per cent primarily due to landslides, flooding and heavy rain, in the north of Peru since mid-February associated with El Niño. The gross margin of 40.3 per cent was up 3.3 percentage points due to operational efficiencies despite lower sales volumes and increased depreciation. The Cement EBITDA margin of 29.9 per cent was up 1...

UltraTech Cement FY17 sales edge ahead

25 April 2017, Published under Cement News

UltraTech Cement, an Aditya Birla group company, yesterday reported consolidated sales for FY17 of INR250.92bn (US$3.89bn) against INR248.8bn in the previous year. Profit before interest, depreciation and tax of INR58.61bn was nine per cent higher and profit after tax up 10 per cent YoY to INR27.15bn. Domestic grey cement sales was 47.62Mt, virtually flat on the 47.13Mt recorded a year earlier. For the final quarter of FY17, volumes reached 13.35Mt compared to 13.32Mt in the same quarter...

Lucky Cement 9MFY16-17 profit and volumes increase

25 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Lucky Cement achieved a profit before tax of PKR14.668bn (US$140.2m) during the first nine months of FY16-17 compared to the PKR13.395bn recorded in the same period a year earlier. Cement volumes increased by 8.3 per cent to 5.53Mt in the nine month period. Exports, however, were down by 23.09 per cent. The increase in revenue of 5.4 per cent was mainly attributed to the higher sales volumes. During the period, the company’s cost per tonne of sales was down by four per cent YoY, which...

ACC 1Q sales volumes up 4%

24 April 2017, Published under Cement News

ACC, part of the LafargeHolcim group, reported a four per cent rise in sales volumes for the first quarter of 2017 to 6.6Mt from 6.36Mt a year earlier. The company noted that the rise in volumes came as the impact of the country’s demonetisation move declined and benefits were delivered from ACC’s ongoing customer excellence initiatives and higher sales from the expanded capacity at Jamul and Sindri plant. Two new products were launched in February 2017, ACC Suraksha and ACC HPC (High P...

Yamama Saudi Cement quarterly profit down 66%

20 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Yamama Saudi Cement reported a net profit of SAR50.8m (US$13.5m) in the first quarter of 2017, translating into a YoY drop of 66 per cent due to a decline in operating profit. Gross profit in the period was also down by 66 per cent YoY to SAR63m on the back of lower sales volumes and average realised price per tonne. Revenue fell 41 per cent YoY to SAR220m. Cement volumes amounted to 1.24Mt in the first quarter of the year, down 25 per cent YoY but up by three per cent compared to the p...

Steppe Cement 1Q17 volumes down as Kazakh market contracts

19 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Steppe Cement reported a 35 per cent YoY decline in cement sales volumes to 124,669t in the first quarter of 2017 as cement consumption in Kazakhstan fell five per cent YoY. In March 2017 alone, domestic consumption was down by 12 per cent, partly due to extended holidays, Steppe Cement said in a trading update released last week. The company added that it continued its strategy of increasing prices at the expense of market share. As a result, its market share fell from 16 per cent in...

Fauji Cement 9M net profit down 54%

19 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Pakistan producer Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) reported a 54 per cent drop in net profit for the first nine months of the current fiscal to PKR1.972bn (US$18.8m). Nabeel Khursheed, analyst at Topline Securities, said gross margins were down considerably to 21 per cent due to the purchase of raw material at higher prices. “FCCL procured clinker from other cement players due to the non-functioning of its Line 2 as a result of a silo incident. The company is also running the plant on expen...

UAE: Fujairah Cement to pay AED 21.35m dividends

18 April 2017, Published under Cement News

UAE-based Fujairah Cement Industries Co on Thursday approved the recommendation of distributing six per cent of the capital as cash dividends for fiscal year 2016. The company will pay a total of AED21.35m (US$5.81m) as cash dividends to entitled shareholders, according to a bourse statement issued on Sunday. During FY16, Fujairah Cement achieve a net profit of AED56.72m, up 12 per cent on the AED50.56m recorded in FY15.

BBMG expects 1Q net profit to increase to CNY380-450m

12 April 2017, Published under Cement News

China-based BBMG Corporation said it expects to achieve a net profit attributable to shareholders of CNY380m-450m (US$55m-65m) for the first quarter ended 31 March 2017, an increase from the CNY151m (US$21.9m) recorded in the same period of last year. An increase in operating results for 1Q17 is mainly due an increase in booked gross floor area for the property development segment compared with the same period of, thereby resulting in increased revenue and profit for the segment. The i...