Cement News tagged under: business results
Northern Region Cement sees 27% rise in net profit06 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s Northern Region Cement has seen its net profit rise 26.9 per cent YoY to SAR52.9m (US$14.11m) in the January-July period of 2021, compared with SAR41.65m in the first half of the previous year. However, sales decreased 1.6 per cent YoY to SAR307.19m from SAR312.2m in the 1H20. |
Dangote Cement sees 45% rise in revenue05 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsNigeria’s Dangote Cement has posted a 44.8 per cent YoY rise in group revenue to NGN690.55bn (US$1.676bn) in the first half of 2021, compared to NGN476.85bn in the year-ago period. Group EBITDA also climbed 61 per cent to NGN351.06bn from NGN218.07bn in the 1H20, while the EBITDA margin increased to 50.8 per cent from 45.7 per cent. Overall group cement volumes advanced 26.1 per cent YoY to 15.28Mt from 12.11Mt, supported by strong demand across all operations. "We are pleased to report... |
Eastern Province Cement records 5% rise in profit05 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s Eastern Province Cement has announced a five per cent increase in net profit to SAR122m (US$32.53m) in the first half of 2021, against SAR116m in the 1H20. Sales also rose 12.8 per cent YoY to SAR429m from SAR380m. In the second quarter of the year, profits advanced 106 per cent YoY to SAR62m while revenue climbed 45 per cent to SAR212m. |
Sumitomo Osaka Cement posts 14% rise in profit05 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsJapan’s Sumitomo Osaka Cement has posted a 16.4 per cent YoY decline in profit to JPY43.78bn (US$399.57m) for the quarter ending 30 June 2021, compared to JPY52.35bn in the year-ago period. However, operating profit climbed 13.6 per cent YoY to JPY2.92bn from JPY2.57bn. |
Buzzi Unicem's net sales rise 6% in 1H2104 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsBuzzi Unicem's net sales in the 1H20 increased 5.8 per cent, standing at EUR1608.7m versus EUR1520.1m in 1H20, while EBITDA improved by 12.3 per cent, advancing from EUR313.9m to EUR352.5m. After amortisation and depreciation of EUR122.8m (EUR128.4m in the previous year), EBIT amounted to EUR229.7m (EUR185.5m in 1H20). The income statement for the 1H21 closed with a net profit of EUR209.7m, compared to EUR216.7m in the same period of 2020. Cement sales of the group in the first six mon... |
Orient Cement posts 246% YoY rise in profit04 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Orient Cement has posted a 17 per cent QoQ decline in operating revenue to INR6.9bn (US$92.95m) in the first quarter of FY21-22, compared with INR8.32bn in the previous quarter. EBITDA also slipped 8.5 per cent QoQ to INR1.85bn, while profit after tax was down 10 per cent to INR886m. However, on a YoY basis, the company’s profit after tax more than doubled from INR256.1m in the 1QFY20-21. "The cement industry is expected to witness a volume growth due to demand revival in infrastruc... |
Umm Al Qura Cement sees 17% decline in profit03 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsSaudi Arabia’s Umm Al Qura Cement has seen a 16.8 per cent decline in net profit to SAR49.45m (US$13.19m) in the first half of 2021, compared to SAR59.48m in the year-ago period. Sales also decreased 2.9 per cent YoY to SAR154.3m from SAR159.01m in the 1H20. The company also announced the resignation of its CEO, Fawaz bin Saleh Al-Mutairi, which will take effect from 1 September 2021. |
Holcim Philippines reports successful 1H2102 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Philippines posted net sales of PHP13.661m in the first half of 2021, up 19.6 per cent when compared with PHP11.419m in the 1H20. Operating EBITDA increased to 3.151m in the 1H21 from PHP1.705m from the year-ago period while operating EBIT surged from PHP814,033 to PHP2.228m. Net profit in the 1H also surged from PHP413,834 between January-June 2020 to PHP1.631m in the January-June 2021 period. The company attributed its performance to improved market conditions along with consi... |
Cementir sees 1H net profit rise of 140%30 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsCementir reported a 16.5 per cent rise in revenues for the first half of 2021 to EUR664.5m from EUR570.4m in the 1H20. The increase reflects an 18.7 per cent rise in the sales of grey and white cement and clinker to 5.457Mt, a 31.4 per cent increase in ready-mix concrete sales to 2.515Mm3 and a 12.2 per cent uptick in aggregates sales to 5.211Mt when compared with the 1H20. EBITDA increased by 36.6 per cent to EUR133.5m in the 1H21 from EUR97.8m in the year-ago period. Group net profit adv... |
Titan Cement’s reports strong US and Greek revenues in the 1H2130 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement reported that in the USA the positive momentum in US fundamentals continued in the first half of the year. Revenue in the USA recorded a 10.2 per cent increase in US dollar terms in the 1H21 but was almost flat in euro terms (+0.8 per cent) at EUR479.3m. US EBITDA reached EUR81.2m, up by 1.9 per cent in US dollar terms but down 6.8 per cent in euro terms when compared with the 1H20. The discrepancy is due to higher maintenance costs in the 1H21 as well as increased logisti... |