Cement News tagged under: corporate
ARM Cement's Kenyan assets sold to National Cement22 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Kenyan assets of ARM Cement have been sold to National Cement Co for US$50m, according to a statement by its administrators. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. The company was placed under administration last year by some of its creditors over what has been reported to be a US$190m debt. The news follows PriceWaterhouseCoopers starting preparations to dispose of ARM’s stake in South Africa’s Mafikeng Cement for KES300m (US$2.974m) in early April. |
Cementarnica Usje records 47% rise in net profit for 1Q1921 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsNorth Macedonia’s Cementarnica Usje (Titan) has announced that its consolidated net profit rose 47 per cent YoY to MKD138.8m (US$2.5m) in the first quarter of 2019. Total operating revenue increased 32 per cent to MKD851.9m in the 1Q19, while expenses advanced one per cent to MKD661.5m. Domestic market sales were up 31 per cent at MKD562.6m in the first three months of the year, while international sales surged 38 per cent to MKD266.8m. |
El Sewedy Cement sells Sinai Cement stake21 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsEgypt-based El Sewedy Cement has sold its entire stake of 7.476 per cent in Sinai Cement’s capital for EGP41.97m (US$2.46m), or at an average price of EGP8.25/share, EFG Hermes said in a statement to the Egyptian Exchange on Monday. In the first quarter of 2019, Sinai Cement’s net losses eased to EGP-78.18m from EGP-83.98m in the year-ago period. Revenues increased to EGP201.08m, up from EGP147.99m in the 1Q18. |
Asia Cement Corp announces 54% rise in net income21 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Asia Cement Corp saw a 54.4 per cent surge in net income for the first quarter of 2019 at TWD2.93bn (US$93.6m). Analysts has claimed that the results were mainly due to a strong cement business in China and non-operating income from its investments in other affiliates of its parent company, Far Eastern Group, according to the Taipei Times. Consolidated revenue in the first four months of 2019 increased 17.1 per cent YoY to TWD27.83bn. The company has stated that it was still p... |
Shree Cement sees 14% revenue increase and plans new capacity20 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s Shree Cement has announced a 19.6 per cent YoY fall in net profit to INR3.21bn (US$46.18m) for the 4QFY18-19. However, revenue increased 14.2 per cent to INR33.29bn from INR29.15bn. The company’s cement segment recorded a 16.9 per cent increase in revenue to INR32.84bn from INR28.11bn. Meanwhile, the company has also announced plans to add 3Mta of grinding capacity to its unit in Pune, Maharashtra. The project is expected to be completed by September 2020 and represents an invest... |
Sonacim appoints new Deputy Director General20 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsSociété Nationale de Ciment du Tchad (Sonacim) has appointed Faïtchou Etienne as Deputy Director General. State-owned Sonacim runs a 0.21Mta cement works at Baoré, 200km of the country’s capital, N’Djamena. In addition, CIMAF Tchad operates a 0.5Mta cement plant in N’Djamena. The company is the product of a collaboration between Chad and Morocco. A further cement plant project, with China, is currently under construction in Ngara. Representing an investment of US$52m, Ngara Cement is bui... |
JK Cement sees 55% rise in 4Q net profit20 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based JK Cement reported a 55 per cent rise in net profit to INR1.5bn (US$21.5m) for the fourth quarter ended March 2019 when compared with INR960m in the 4QFY17-18. The company’s total revenues rose from INR13.16bn in the 4QFY17-18 to INR14.92bn in the final three months of the 2018-19 financial year. However, JK Cement’s net profit declined to INR3.25bn in the FY18-19, down five per cent when compared with INR3.41bn in FY17-18. |
Burnpur Cement posts net loss of INR31.2m in 4QFY18-1920 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsIndian cement producer Burnpur Cement has reported a net loss of INR31.2m (US$448,725) in the fourth quarter of FY18-19. This compares to a net loss of INR39.5m posted in the previous year’s quarter ended March 2018. Sales rose 29.1 per cent YoY to INR240.2m from INR18.61m. For the full financial year, net loss came down to INR126.7m in FY18-19 from INR444.9m in FY17-18. Sales increased 106.3 per cent to INR867.6m in the FY18-19 from INR420.6m in the previous financial year. |
YTL executives appointed to Lafarge Malaysia board while CEO resigns20 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsYeoh Khoon Cheng has resigned as CEO of Lafarge Malaysia although he will stay on as the group’s executive director. In addition, Lafarge Malaysia Vice Chairman, Martin Kriegner, and non-independent and non-executive directors John William Stull and Datuk Tan Pei Ling have also resigned. In a separate move, several YTL Corp Bhd executives have been appointed to the company’s board. YTL Corp Executive Chairman, Tan Sri Dr Francis Yeoh, and Managing Director, Datuk Yeoh Seok Kian, have bee... |
Acquisition of Holcim Philippines may reduce cement prices17 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Philippine’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has stated that it expects San Miguel Corp’s recent acquisition of a majority stake in Holcim Philippines to result in lower prices of locally-produced cement. "We can expect more synergies in their operations, more economies of scale which will hopefully bring down their cost, prices. But we still expect some segmentation of the market because we all know that the Eagle brand is always lower than Holcim. Just like in any industry, d... |