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Heidelberg Materials reports strong 1Q revenue growth

10 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Heidelberg Materials announced a 13.4 per cent YoY increase in revenues (adjusted for scope of consolidation and exchange rate effects) to EUR4896m in the first quarter of 2023. During the quarter sales volumes declined as a result of the economic downturn linked to lower construction activity, especially in residential construction, due to inflation and increased financing costs. In particular, price adjustments in all group areas contributed to the revenue growth. Exchange rate effects o...

Cementir posts 1Q23 revenue of EUR414.8m

10 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementir ’s revenue totalled EUR414.8m in the 1Q23, up 14.5 per cent from the 1Q22. EBITDA reached EUR81.2m, a 33.8 per cent YoY advance while profit before taxes totalled EUR63.9m, a rise of 50.7 per cent when compared with the 1Q22. Meanwhile, net debt stood at EUR32.1m at 31 March 2023.  Operating costs rose by 2.8 per cent to EUR342.5m when compared to EUR333.1m in the 1Q22. The cost of raw materials rose by 5.5 per cent YoY.   Cement volumes (white and grey) totalled 2.34Mt, a f...

Argos reports record 1Q23 operating EBITDA

10 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Argos recorded an operating EBITDA of US$127m in the 1Q23,   the highest achieved in a first quarter in its history and 41.3 per cent higher than in the 1Q22. Regarding consolidated revenues, it earned US$721m, representing a growth of 11.9 per cent compared to the previous year. Net profit closed at US$25m, while the leverage index stood at a level of 3.1 times, with a slight increase compared to December, mainly caused by the accelerated revaluation of the Colombian peso at the end of Ma...

Attock Cement to sell its 60% share in Iraqi plant

09 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACL) is expected to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the shareholders on 25 May 2023, to consider and, if deemed fit, to pass a resolution of disposal and to enter into a share purchase agreement 18m shares held by the company in its subsidiary, Saqr-Al-Keetan cement grinding unit in Iraq. The grinding plant has a cement capacity of 540,000tpa and was set up in 2019.   ACL will sell 60 per cent of the entire share capital of Saqr Al-Keeta...

Cementos Molins reports 25% YoY revenue growth in 1Q23

04 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementos Molins has reported revenue of EUR342m in the first quarter of 2023, up 25 per cent YoY. According to the company, sales have improved across all businesses and regions, driven by both volume and selling prices. On a like-for-like basis, revenue improved by 38 per cent. EBITDA over the same period advanced by 47 per cent YoY to EUR86m, with a strong contribution from Spain and Mexico. Like-for-like EBITDA increased by 64 per cent. Net profit in the 1Q23 came in at EUR37m, marki...

Canada's Cement Association releases Concrete Zero plan

04 May 2023, Published under Cement News

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC), together with its members and partners in the concrete sector, has released Concrete Zero, an Action Plan to ensure Canada’s cement and concrete industry achieves its carbon emissions reduction goals by making cement net-zero by 2050.  The Concrete Zero Action plan shows that greater emissions reductions are possible, claims CAC. Relying on developed and proven technologies and processes, ConcreteZero is about finding “true” net-zero emissions. “It ...

Cemex sales up 9% YoY in 1Q23

03 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Cemex has reported strong results in the opening quarter of 2023 with sales expanding by nine per cent YoY to US$4036m and EBITDA seeing six per cent growth to US$733m, driven by pricing, decelerating input cost inflation, and contributions from the company’s growth investments and urbanisation solutions business. According to the company, the EBITDA margin came in at 18.2 per cent with a significant sequential improvement of 1.9 percentage points. The Urbanisation Solutions business repor...

UltraTech Cement report consolidated net sales of INR184,360m

02 May 2023, Published under Cement News

UltraTech Cement Ltd has announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended 31 March 2023 with consolidated net sales totalling INR184,360m (US$2.26bn), a rise of 19 per cent compared to INR155,570m in the corresponding period of the previous year. Profit before interest, depreciation and tax in the 4QFY22-23 reached INR34,440m, versus INR31,650m in the corresponding period of the previous year. Profit after tax was INR16,660m compared to a normalised profit INR14,780m (before...

Lafarge Africa 1Q23 sales up 1.3% YoY

02 May 2023, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Africa has reported a 1.3 per cent YoY uptick in net sales to NGN91,821m (US$199.4m) in the opening quarter of 2023. Recurring EBIT over the same period was up 0.8 per cent to NGN22,239m, while the recurring EBIT margin remained steady at 24 per cent. Profit before tax improved by 4.7 per cent YoY to NGN22,481m, but profit after tax saw a 14.9 per cent decline to NGN14,935m. Free cash flow in the 1Q23 came in at NGN4659m, up from a loss of NGN5113m in the same quarter a year ea...

Shree Digvijay Cement reports 15% revenue growth in 4QFY23

02 May 2023, Published under Cement News

India’s Shree Digvijay Cement Co Ltd (SDCC) has reported a 15 per cent YoY increase in revenue in the 4QFY22-23, ending 31 March 2023. Revenue for the quarter came in at INR1952m (US$23.9m), up from INR1692m in the same period a year earlier. Over the same period, EBITDA advanced from INR305.9m to INR410.6m, while profit after tax expanded from INR128.9m to INR244.2m. The company sold 3.34Mt of cement over the quarter, up on the 3.25Mt recorded in the 4QFY21-22.  “Despite very high cost...