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Holcim Philippines posts loss as expenses rise

14 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Holcim Philippines has reported a 6.93 per cent increase in total revenue to PHP6.94bn (US$121.17m) in the third quarter of 2022, up from PHP6.49bn in the same period a year earlier. Despite this, the company posted a net loss of PHP173.28m in the 3Q22, down from a profit of PHP669.26m in the 3Q21. According to the company, this was due to higher expenses with its gross expense increasing by 13.3 per cent from PHP5.62bn to PHP6.37bn over the same period. Revenue for the opening nine mon...

Votorantim Cimentos achieves consolidated net revenue of BRL7.6bn in 3Q22

11 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Votorantim Cimentos ended the 3Q22 with consolidated net revenue of BRL7.6bn (US$1.25bn), an increase of 19 per cent compared to the same period last year. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA in 3Q22 was BRL1.7bn, up six per cent from 3Q21 and 29 per cent higher than 2Q22. The consolidated EBITDA margin was 23 per cent, an increase of three percentage points compared to 2Q22.   The company’s global cement sales totalled 10.2Mt in the third quarter of this year, with a slight drop of one per ...

Vicat posts 16% increase in 9M consolidated revenue

08 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Vicat posted a 15.7 per cent YoY increase to EUR2697m (US$2691m) in consolidated revenue at constant scope and exchange rates in the January-September 2022 period. On a reported basis, the increase was 14.6 per cent YoY. The variation takes into account a negative foreign exchange effect of more than EUR9m as the euro appreciated against the lira and the Egyptian pound. The scope of the result also fell by nearly EUR17m due to the sale of Créabéton in Switzerland, which was only partly off...

Cementir Group reports revenue of EUR1248m in 9M22

04 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Cementir’s Group revenue from sales and services in the 9M22 reached EUR1248.2m, up 23.8 per ent compared to EUR1008.3m in 9M21. The increase in revenue is mainly due to price increases, offsetting higher costs for fuel, electricity, raw materials, transport and services, said Cementir.   During the first nine months of 2022, Cementir announced its cement and clinker sales volumes, amounted to 8.2Mt, a fall of 1.7 per cent compared to the same period of 2021. The decline is mainly attr...

Southern Province 9M profit contracts to SAR238m

03 November 2022, Published under Cement News

The net profit after zakat and tax of Saudi Arabia-based Southern Province Cement Co declined by 28.1 per cent YoY to SAR238m (US$63.5m) in the 9M22 from SAR331m. Revenues fell by 12.3 per cent YoY to SAR887m in the 9M22 period from SAR1.01bn in the 9M21. Third-quarter 2022 financial results In the third quarter of 2022, the company’s net profits after zakat and tax saw a 20.3 per cent improvement to SAR89m when compared with SAR74m in the 3Q21. When compared with the previous quarte...

Semen Indonesia improves 9M net profit and carbon performance

02 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Indonesia-based PT Semen Indonesia Group (SIG) posted a net profit of IDR1.65trn (US$105.7m) in the January-September 2022 period, up 18.9 per cent from IDR1.39trn in the 9M21. In the cement division, sales reached IDR22.678trn while other revenues reached IDR7.506trn. The group’s revenue in the nine-month period reached IDR25.28trn, a minor decrease of 0.2 per cent when compared with IDR25.330trn reported in the 9M21. The cost of revenue was at IDR17.94trn, up from IDR17.655trn in the y...

Caribbean Cement Co reports 13% 3Q revenue increase

02 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Jamaica-based Caribbean Cement Co Ltd has posted robust 3Q22 results with revenues for the quarter increasing by 12.7 per cent to JMD6.2bn (US$40.3m) from JMD5.5bn in the 3Q21. Operating earnings were up to JMD1.9bn due to the reduction in the cost of sales as a share of net sales to 56 per cent from 80 per cent in the same period last year. This reduction was the result of the company’s decision not to undertake its planned major maintenance in the 3Q22. Last year, the maintenance progr...

Tanzania Portland Cement reports 9M profit up 6%

02 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Tanzanian cement producer Tanzania Portland Cement PLC has posted a six per cent increase in pretax profit in the first nine months of the year as domestic and export cement demand has surged. Pretax profit increased by six per cent YoY to TZS110.53bn (US$47.4m) in the 9M22 from TZS94.82bn in the year-ago period. The company’s cement revenue rose by nine per cent YoY to TZS358.3bn, but the cost of sales of TZS226.2bn considerably impacted its net profit. “The high availability and effic...

Holcim posts record 3Q performance

01 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Holcim reported record 3Q net sales of CHF8045m (US$8043.1m), up 10.4 per cent YoY and 16.3 per cent on a like-for-like (LfL) basis, from CHF7286m. Recurring EBIT edged 1.2 per cent (+7.7 per cent LfL) to CHF1551m in the 3Q22 from CHF1534m in the 3Q21. In the 9M22 group net sales increased 14.5 per cent (+13.9 per cent LfL) to CHF22,725m from CHF19,842m in the 9M21. Recurring EBITDA advanced to CHF3724m in the 9M21 from CHF3516m in the year-ago period. This represents a YoY rise of 5.9 p...

GCC posts 18% hike in 3Q net profit

26 October 2022, Published under Cement News

GCC reported an 11.8 per cent YoY increase in sales to US$352.8m in the July-September 2022 period from US$315.4m in the year-ago period. EBITDA in the 3Q22 advanced by 6.6 per cent YoY to US$117.4m. Meanwhile, the consolidated net profit of GCC increased by 18.4 per cent YoY to US$69.5m in the 3Q22 when compared with US$58.7m in the 3Q21. “Once again we achieved an extraordinary performance. The results of the third quarter reflect that GCC continues to successfully mitigate the impacts o...