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Iran: cement exports down 20%11 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsIranian cement and clinker exports have fallen by 20 per cent over the past Iranian year (1394), an official said on Tuesday. The secretary of the Association of Cement Industry Entrepreneurs, Abdolreza Sheikhan, said that Iran's exports of cement and clinker shrank to nearly 15Mt from 18.5Mt a year ago. Sheikhan stated security concerns in regional countries as a key reason cements and clinker export fell over the past year. He said that in 1394, some 60 per cent of Iranian exports o... |
North America: Lehigh Hanson and Essroc closer to integration10 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsIntegration of Lehigh Hanson and Essroc Cement is one step closer, with a scheduled mid-summer closing, as reported by Aggregate Research. With the merger of HeidelbergCement and Italcementi, the amalgamation of two of the US cement subsidiaries is moving ever closer. Shareholders of both firms were informed of Competition Bureau of Canada approval, as well as the forthcoming US Federal Trade Commission clearance of a combined Lehigh Hanson and Essroc Cement business, at the recent Heidelbe... |
Buzzi Unicem: 1Q16 sales up 2.8%06 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsBuzzi Unicem reports that during the 1Q16 group cement sales were up 2.8 per cent from the first quarter of 2015, reaching 5Mt. The volume trend was favourable in the United States (+16.3 per cent) and fairly stable in central Europe and Italy. Eastern Europe reported a decrease of 9.2 per cent, mainly due to the declines recorded in Russia and Ukraine. Ready-mix concrete sales posted a slight decrease (-1.7 per cent) compared to the same period of 2015, to 2.4Mm 3 . Consolidated net sales... |
Martin Marietta reports strong Q1 profit advance06 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsMartin Marietta Materials, one of the top five US aggregates producers, has announced a first-quarter turnover 16.2 per cent ahead at US$734.0m and EBITDA rose by 67.3 per cent to US$152.6m. The trading profit was more than trebled, rising from US$.25.6m to US$83.8m and after a net interest charge that was 3.6 per cent higher at US$20m and after other items, the pretax profit emerged at US$64.8m compared with just US$5.4m and the net attributable profit jumped from US$6.1m to US$45m. Capital... |
A change of strategy: Cemex to sell some US assets06 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsCemex, the Mexican giant of the cement world, announced this week that it intends to further reduce its exposure in the USA by selling US$400m worth of assets to a US subsidiary of fellow Mexican Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua. Is this part of a long-term plan to pull business out of the USA, to reduce debt or is Cemex reluctantly selling cement capacity in a country that the PCA has forecast will see a 3.4 per cent rise in cement consumption in 2016? At the close of 2015 Cemex’s US operation... |
HeidelbergCement sees losses shrink in 1Q1604 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement's cement sales volume rose five per cent YoY for the period from January to March 2016, reaching 17.6Mt for the quarter. According to results released by the company, sales of aggregates also rose, while ready-mix volumes were flat and those of asphalt were down by 12 per cent. Overall, revenue for the period was unchanged on the previous year at EUR2.83bn (US$3.26bn). Operating income before depreciation was up 13 per cent in like-for-like terms at EUR321m (US$369m), whi... |
Holcim Philippines forecast flat net income04 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Philippines Inc delivered flat earnings in 1Q16 although the cement maker expects strong private construction activity and the implementation of the projects under the government's public-private partnership (PPP) programme to improve matters along with state spending on infrastructure later this year. In a briefing in Makati City yesterday, Holcim President and Country CEO, Eduardo A Sahagun, said the company's bottomline was unchanged at PHP1.5bn (US$31.8m) in the January to March... |
Oman Cement Co 1Q16 profits up04 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsOman Cement Company has reported a profit after tax of OMR3.84m (US$9.97m) during 1Q16 as compared to OMR3.83m in corresponding period last year - showing a minor growth of 0.28 per cent. The company recorded a total sale of OMR15.8m in the three months ended 31 March 2016 as compared to OMR14.68m in the corresponding period of previous year. Meanwhile, the company says its new cement mill currently under construction at its Ghala-Rusayl complex, in northeastern Oman, is expected to be oper... |
Cemex intends to reduce its US exposure to reduce debt03 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsIn a further effort to reduce its high gearing, which stood at 180.1 per cent at the end of March, Cemex has agreed to sell assets worth US$400m to a US subsidiary of the Mexican Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua. The deal includes two cement plants – a 0.76Mta integrated plant in Odessa, Texas and a 0.57Mta integrated plant in Lyons, Colorado – as well as three cement terminals and building materials businesses in Texas and New Mexico. Plans are in hand, however, to increase the capacity o... |
Spain: Cementos Molins 1Q16 profit up 1.7%03 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsCementos Molins posted profits of EUR15.36m for Jan-Mar 2016, up 1.7 per cent YoY. However, sales reached EUR130.69m, 10.2 per cent down when compared with 1Q15. The business result was impacted by a contraction in Spain and to some extent, the negative impact of foreign currency depreciation, especially in Argentina and Mexico. Nevertheless, the Argentinian and Mexican businesses led the improvement in results with better margins compensating for their currency depreciation. Urugu... |