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Taiwan: Chia Hsin Cement sees 11% revenue rise, pretax profit drop31 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsChia Hsin Cement Corp of Taiwan reported an 11 per cent rise in revenues to TWD3.14bn (US$103.3m) in 2016 when compared with TWD2.83bn in 2015. However, pretax profits dipped 59.4 per cent from TWD194.9m in 2015 to TWD79.2m the following year. Net profits reached TWD24.89m. |
Taiwan: Hsing Ta Cement sees February revenues up 27%10 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Hsing Ta Cement posted revenues of TWD174.57m (US$6.62m) in February, up 27.3 per cent from TWD137.18m YoY. The company reported revenues of TWD507.63m in Jan-Feb 2017, which represent an 6.6 per cent increase when compared with 2M16, when revenues reached TWD475.93m. |
Taiwan Cement plans to increase exports to China08 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Taiwan Cement Corporation has said that it expects to ship 1.1Mt of cement to China in the first quarter of 2017, an increase of two per cent on its performance in 1Q16, the Taipei Times reports. In an earnings statement covering the first nine months of 2016, Taiwan Cement saw its profit increase by 13.7 per cent to TWD4.5bn (US$141m), driven by rising prices and a fall in the cost of coal. The company’s exports to China reached 3.9Mt in the first three quarters of 2016, up 10 per... |
Vietnam cement exports fall 17.2% YoY in 9M1620 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsIn September Vietnam’s clinker and cement exports fell 0.3 per cent to 1.15Mt when compared with August but climbed 3.5 per cent to US$48.16m, according the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade. Vietnam exported 11.28Mt of cement and clinker in the first nine months of 2016, which represents a 6.6 per cent fall when compared with the same period the previous year. Total value of the exports was down 17.2 per cent YoY to US$429.3m. The Philippines, Bangladesh, Taiwan and Mozambique... |
China: Taiwan Cement plans price increase17 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan Cement announced that it will be increasing its prices of cement products in China by as much as seven per cent by the end of the year as a response to recovering demand in the country. Edward Huang, Taiwan Cement's senior vice president, said, "We are planning to increase cement prices in southern China by [US$2.97] per tonne." Mr Huang went on to say that infrastructure spending in China is expected to experience a double-digit percentage growth on the previous year, with dema... |
Vietnam sees export value rise 19% in Jan-Jul 201616 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsVietnam earned US$335.12m as it exported 8.97Mt of cement and clinker in the Jan-Jul 2016 period, up 18.8 per cent YoY in value, but down 6.2 per cent in terms of volume. The Philippines, Bangladesh, Taiwan and Mozambique were key importers of Vietnamese clinker and cement in the first seven months of this year, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade. The Philippines surpassed Bangladesh to become the largest importer of cement and clinker from Vietnam in terms of v... |
Indonesia: Indocement cuts production by 1Mt10 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsPT Indocement Tunggal TBK will cease operations at two production lines at its Citeureup plant due to the national cement excess, resulting in a 1Mta drop in output levels. The fall in cement sales in the country resulted in Indocement seeing its domestic sales volume drop 3.7 per cent to 7.9Mt QoQ in 2Q16. However, exports for the company increased by 190,000t when compared to the same period last year. President Director of Indocement, Christian Kartawijaya, said, “we supply a lot of pr... |
Taiwan Cement sales down 20.8% YoY in 201521 April 2016, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan Cement Corp saw its 2015 YoY sales fall 20.8 per cent to TWD93.68bn (US$2.89bn), while the company’s net income dropped by 46.7 per cent to TWD5.78bn (US$178.67m), according to Aggregates Business Europe. During October-December 2015, revenue and net income of the firm fell by 17 per cent and 31.3 per cent to TWD24.6bn (US$760.45m) and TWD1.78bn (US$55.02m) respectively, as compared to October-December 2014. In January-March 2016, the company's revenue stood at TWD17.73bn (US$548.08... |
TCC warns on full-year net loss08 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsTCC International Holdings Ltd said it expects to swing to a net loss for 2015 from a net profit of HKD2.05bn (US$264.5m) in the previous year. The cement producer said the expected loss was due to a 26 per cent decline in the average selling price of its cement products and a weakening Chinese yuan against the US dollar during the year. The company said it will publish its full-year results in March. (Source: Dow Jones Newswires) |
Asia Cement still chasing full control of Shanshui Cement14 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsAsia Cement plans to raise convertible debt to gain full control of China Shanshui Cement. In a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the group said it hopes to raise US$400m from a zero-coupon issue, its first equity-linked deal in just over two years. This will fund its proposed takeover of Shanshui in which it owns a 20.9 per cent stake. On Wednesday Asia Cement and state-owned China National Building Material (CNBM) announced a joint conditional cash offer to purchase all the outstanding... |