Cement News tagged under: business results
Cimpor takes massive provisions in Brazil02 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsCimpor's first-half turnover dropped by 31.1 per cent to EUR897.3m, while EBITDA declined by 39.1 per cent to EUR170.1m. The amortisation and provision charge jumped from EUR100.6m to EUR527.9m as a result of a EUR433m good-will impairment charge relating to Brazil. This led to the trading result falling from a profit of EUR178.6m to a EUR357.7m loss and after a 9.2 per cent increase in the net financial charge to EUR182.2m there was a pretax loss of EUR539.9m against a profit of EUR11.8m. A... |
Cementos Bío-Bío 1H16 profits down 10%02 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsChile’s Cementos Bío-Bío saw its profits during the first half of 2016 fall by 10.1 per cent to CLP9168.69m from CLP10,200.19m reported in 1H15. Revenues increased 6.6 per cent from CLP142,479.58m in 1H15 to CLP151,900m. |
Malaysia: CMSB 1H16 cement profits down 24%01 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsCahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMSB) has announced its earnings figures for the first half of 2016, including those of its cement division. This recorded a pretax profit of MYR41.7m (US$10.2m) on revenues of MYR275m. Both figures were down on those from the same period in 2015, with profits falling by 24 per cent and revenues 6.6 per cent lower. Profits fell faster than revenues due to CMSB’s increased reliance on imported clinker following plant shutdowns and the falling value of the ringgit... |
Pakistan: DG Khan sees profit up 15%, expands capacity by a further 2.2Mta01 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement producer DK Khan Cement Co announced a 15 per cent YoY rise to PKR8.79bn (US$83.9m) in its profit after tax in FY16 from PKR7.624bn in FY15. Its sales rose to PKR29.703bn from PKR26.104bn in FY15bn and cost of sale increased PKR17.035bn from PKR16.649bn in the same period. Along with financial results, the company also announced a full and final cash dividend of PKR6.0/share, making the payout to 30 per cent. The company also announced a brownfield cement capacity expans... |
LSR sees 10% rise in 1H16 sales but 22% drop in EBITDA31 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsRussia’s LSR Group reported a 10 per cent increase in sales in 1H16 to RUB31.618bn. However, EBITDA fell by 22 per cent to RUB4.486bn and the company’s EBITDA margin stood at 14 per cent. Profit for the period decreased by 72 per cent to RUB1.1bn. The company’s net debt/EBITDA ratio was 1.09, according to a company press release. Andrey Mochanov, CEO and chairman of the Executive Committee of LSR Group, said: “The first half of 2016 brought many positive changes for us. The real estate mar... |
Egypt: Sinai Cement returns to profit30 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsSinai Cement has announced that it earned a net profit of EGP15.4m (US$1.7m) for the first half of 2016, reversing the EGP28.7m losses that it recorded in the same period last year, Mubasher reports. Performance was even more encouraging when considering the second quarter alone. In the period April to June 2016, Sinai’s profits were EGP52.6m as compared to a loss of EGP17.6m in 2015. |
Cherat Cement posts FY16 results, plans second line26 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsPakistan's Cherat Cement Company Ltd (CHCC) has announced its FY16 results, which saw the company reporting a profit after taxation of PKR1.405bn (US$13.4m) compared to PKR1.288bn in last corresponding financial year, an increase of nine per cent. According to a company statement to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), its net sales increased by eight per cent to PKR7079bn whereas the cost of sales decreased by three per cent to PKR4.445bn. Moreover, the company also declared a final cas... |
Pakistan: Cherat Cement sees FY1516 profits rise 9%25 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsCherat Cement Company has reported a rise in net profits of 9.1 per cent for the year ending June 30, 2016, Pakistan's The News reports. Profits reached PKR1.4bn (US$13.3m) on sales revenues of PKR7.1bn – the latter up by 7.8 per cent. Faizan Ahmed of JS Global said that the rise was drive by stronger sales and falling energy prices, stating: “Most of the increase in dispatches was led by local dispatches as exports continued to wither throughout in FY16. This shift has resulted into high... |
Dangote24 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement has reported a 20.6 per cent increase in revenue to NGN292.2bn (US$925m) for the first half of 2016, compared to the same period last year. EBITDA, however, has fallen by 10.2 per cent to NGN132.5bn due to lower selling prices, higher fuel costs and the impact of Pan-African plants in the ramp-up phase. The six months saw the company sell nearly 13Mt of cement, up by almost 60 per cent YoY. The Nigerian market has achieved record sales of just under 8.8Mt over the period, ... |
Cementos Argos24 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe second quarter of 2016 has seen total dispatched cement volumes by Cementos Argos fall by 1.9 per cent YoY to 3.5Mt, as a result of what the company describes as a “challenging market environment in Colombia”. However, this was compensated by strong results in the US division, which saw volumes increase by 16.3 per cent, leading to consolidated revenue growth of 19.9 per cent to COP2.2trn (US$769.6m), compared to the same period last year. Consolidated EBITDA also advanced, up by 17.8 pe... |