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ACC quarterly profit down 45% on subdued demand, India20 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement major ACC Ltd reported a 45.1 per cent drop in consolidated net profit for the second quarter of the calendar year to INR133.5 crore on the back of challenging market conditions and subdued demand. Consolidated total income of the company fell by 2.1 per cent to INR3,037.1 crore in April-June 2015 quarter from INR3103.2 crore in the same quarter of 2014 fiscal, it added. The company attributed the decline in net profit to challenging market conditions. “Overall constructio... |
Kuwait Portland Cement Co earnings down 10% YoY17 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsKuwait Portland Cement Company earned KWD5.2m in the first half of this year (US$17.2m), or 55.1 fils per share, compared to KWD5.8m (61.12 fils per share) in the comparative period of 2014. The company said in a statement, posted on the Kuwait Stock Exchange website, that its total assets reached KWD82.34m, liabilities KWD17.48m in the 1H15, compared to KWD15.15m in 1H14. |
Saudi producers' 2Q net profit drops16 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Cement reportedly dropped an 11.8 per cent in net profit for 2Q15 to SAR254m, from SAR288m in 2Q14. It attributed the fall in net profit to lower local sales without elaborating. Another Saudi producer, Najran Cement made net earnings of SAR77.8m in the second quarter ended 30 June, falling 7.77 per cent from SAR84.3m in the year-earlier period. The profit decline was mainly attributable to the increase in selling and distribution (cement transportation incentives), general and ad... |
Raysut Cement reports 30% drop in 1H profit15 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsRaysut Cement reported a net profit of OMR10.97m (US$28.5m) for the first six months ended 30 June when it was OMR15.59m in the same period last year, a decline of 29.7 per cent, the company said. On a quarterly basis, net profit fell by 18 per cent to 4.94 in the 2Q15 from OMR6.03m in the first quarter. Revenue stood at OMR46.83m, dropping by 5.4 per cent from OMR49.5m. On a sequential basis, revenue dropped by 8.3 per cent to OMR22.4m in the second quarter versus OMR24.43m in the firs... |
Kazakhstan: Steppe's 1H volumes edge ahead, revenue falls14 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsIn the first half of 2015, Steppe Cement Ltd sold 717,654t of cement for KZT8277m (US$44.3m), which compares with 709,459t of cement for KZT9125m in the first half of 2014. This represents an increase of one per cent and a decrease of nine per cent, respectively over the same period in 2014. The company said in a statement that the average price for the current period for delivered cement was KZT11,533/t excluding VAT (EUR56), compared with KZT12,862/t (EUR62) in the corresponding period o... |
Hail Cement 2Q15 net earnings down 28%14 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsSaudi-based Hail Cement reported net earnings of SAR28.6m during the second quarter of 2015, down 38 per cent compared with SAR46m in the comparative period of last year. Net earnings for the first half of 2015 also slipped 18.44 per cent YoY from SAR81m to SAR66m. The profit decline was attributed by the company to an increase in direct costs due to a decrease in production volume and an increase in maintenance costs because of shutdown. |
OCC first-half net profit down13 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsOman Cement Co (OCC) net profit declined by just over 40 per cent in the first half of this year to OMR5.44m (US$14.1m) from OMR9.09m in 1H14, the company said in its filing of initial numbers with the Muscat Securities Market. Revenue declined marginally to OMR25.53m in the first half of this year compared with OMR25.68mn in the corresponding period of 2014. Investment and other income fell sharply by 54.1 per cent to OMR1.8m from OMR3.94m. As a result, Oman Cement 's total revenue fell 7... |
Semen Baturaja sales up by a quarter06 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia's state-owned cement producer PT Semen Baturaja Tbk has posted sales of over 600,000t so far this year, up 25 per cent from the same period last year, Reuters reported citing an article in the Investor Daily Several projects kicking off in South Sumatra contributed to the sales, which have reached only 38 per cent of this year's target of 1.75Mt, the paper reported Zulfikri Subri, Semen Baturaja corporate secretary, as saying. |
Yanbu 2Q earnings rise to SAR246m06 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsSaudi producer Yanbu Cement Co (YCC) posted SAR246m (US$66m) in net earnings for the second quarter of 2015, rising 2.07 per cent compared with SAR241m in the same period a year earlier. The six-month earnings rose 1.57 per cent YoY from SAR446m to SAR453m. |
West China Cement issues first-half profit warning02 July 2015, Published under Cement NewsWest China Cement Ltd said Wednesday it expects to record a "significant decrease" in net profit for the six months ended June compared with a year ago. The Hong Kong-listed cement producer said the anticipated decline is mainly attributed to the low average selling price of cement over the past 12 months. The company also said it was unable to maintain "reasonable selling prices and healthy margins" in the southern part of the Shaanxi region. West China cement recorded a net profit of C... |