Cement News tagged under: corporate
LafargeHolcim interested in supply US-Mexican border wall03 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim has expressed an interest in supplying construction materials to the US-Mexican border wall to be built under the Trump administration. The wall is one of the most controversial electoral promises of the new US president, Donald Trump. The invitation to tender requires interested parties to submit a prototype by 10 March. The US government plans to award prototypes as early as mid-April. |
Dangote switches strategies to improve margins03 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsThis week Dangote Cement held a press conference on its 2016 results and explained why its market strategy in Nigeria changed from a volume-based approach to one focussing on cashflow and increased profit margins going forward. In the first two quarters of 2016, Dangote found high cement volumes were working well. The group’s total cement volumes rose in Nigeria by 13.8 per cent to 15.1Mt in 2016, from 14.8Mt in 2015. Moreover, the company’s market share increased substantially up to June... |
Germany: Karsdorfer and Sötenich plants for sale02 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsCRH confirmed with its annual 2016 results, that it will sell a large portion of its German cement assets, as part of a wider EUR400m divestment programme. The company has agreed to sell the Karsdorfer integrated cement plant (2.3Mta) and Sötenich grinding plant (0.45Mta), to an unnamed purchaser, subject to approval by the German Competition Authority (Bundeskartellamt). CRH is expected to retain its third plant at Wössingen. It is possible that an existing German cement producer would... |
Borneo: CMS Cement not raising prices02 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsCMS Cement Sdn Bhd has no plans to raise cement prices. Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMSB) Group Managing Director, Datuk Richard Curtis, said: “Whenever there is pressure on the financial markets, rumours of price hikes in all materials surface. I am happy to record that CMS Cement has absolutely no plans to increase prices.” Mr Curtis cited new and more favourable rates for raw materials and the company's new integrated works as the key factors allowing CMS Cement to maintain prices and ... |
Egypt: Sinai Cement returns to black02 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsFortune took a turn for the better for Sinai Cement in 2016. The company improved its net results significantly as it reported a net profit of EGP13.47m (US$835,183). In 2015, Sinai Cement reported a loss of EGP39.83m. Sinai Cement is owned by France’s Vicat group. The company operates a 3.5Mta cement plant in Sinai. |
Siam City Cement renames Holcim's former Vietnam operations02 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsSiam City Cement Public Co Ltd (SCCC), Thailand’s second-largest cement producer, announced it will rename its Holcim Vietnam Co into Siam City Cement Vietnam. SCCC signed an agreement in August 2016 to buy LafargeHolcim’s entire 65 per cent stake in LafargeHolcim Vietnam for US$890m. SCCC recently embarked on a strategy of building a regional asset footprint. The cement producer has already established operations in Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. |
Egypt: Suez Cement reports deepening net loss02 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement has reported a deepening net loss of EGP629.3m (US$33.8m) for 2016. This compares with EGP100.8m reported in 2015. Part of HeidelbergCement following its Italcementi acquisition, Suez Cement is the largest cement producer in Egypt. The company operates some 14.8Mta of grey cement capacity in its Tourah, Helwan, Kattameya and Suez plants as well as a 1Mta white cement plant at El Minya. |
Cemex will ‘gladly’ supply materials for Trump border wall02 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsCemex board Chairman, Rogelio Zambrano, has stated that Cemex would be happy to give estimates for the supply of cement to companies building the US-Mexico border wall, Reuters reports. Last Friday the US government said that it would release a request on or around 6 March, inviting companies to submit designs for the new wall. "If one of our clients asks us for a quote for materials, we have the responsibility to do it," a Cemex spokesman said but added that no such request had yet be... |
Egypt: Tourah Cement sees improving net loss in 201602 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsTourah Cement has reported improved company results in 2016. The company reduced its net loss from EGP218.97m (US$13.5m) in 2015 to EGP151.05m in 2016. Tourah Cement is a subsidiary of Suez Cement, which is owned by Germany’s HeidelbergCement. |
CRH 2016 gross profits up 69%01 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsCRH released its 2016 results with its gross profits at EUR1741m up by 69 per cent on its EUR1033m in 2015. Operating profits were also up EUR2027m, as against EUR1277 a year earlier. CRH announced that margins and revenues were ahead in all business divisions and sales of building materials amounted to EUR27.1bn, 15 per cent ahead of 2015. Meanwhile, EBITDA was up 41 per cent to EUR3.1bn, and EBITDA margin was 11.5 per cent up from 9.4 per cent in 2015. The group recorded cash inflow ... |