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Cementarnica Usje Skopje quarterly net profit more than doubles15 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsMacedonian producer Cementarnica Usje Skopje said on Wednesday its net profit more than doubled to MKD301.4m (US$6.7m) in the first quarter of 2014 from MKD140.6m a year ago. The country's sole cement manufacturer saw operating income rise by 49 per cent YoY to MKD841.9m in the first quarter while operating costs increased by an annual eight per cent to MKD568.5m, Usje said in its income statement sent to Macedonian Stock Exchange. The company, owned by Titan, operates a 0.9Mta plant loca... |
Egypt: Arabian Cement Co IPO over-subscribed15 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsEgypt's Arabian Cement Company's initial public share offer was 18.5 times oversubscribed, an official at advising bank CI Capital told Reuters on Tuesday. The offer raised US$110m with 85.2 million shares sold in the offer, placed at 9 Egyptian pounds ($1.28) per share, said Hesham Gohar, managing director for investment banking at CI Capital, which was co-bookrunner on the offer alongside EFG-Hermes. Arabian Cement said on Sunday it had set the price for its IPO at 9 Egyptian pounds a sh... |
Mamba Cement to build new South Africa plant14 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsNedbank Capital and the Bank of China Johannesburg have jointly announced the raising of debt capital to fund a new entrant into the South African cement industry. The project is being undertaken by the Mamba Cement Company, a special purpose vehicle established to construct and operate the cement production facility and mine the limestone. The equity required for the project was provided by the Jidong Development Group (majority shareholder in the project), the China-Africa Development... |
Change in the senior management of Holcim14 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsOnne van der Weijde, area manager for India until April 25, 2014, and member of Holcim senior management, leaves Holcim effective 1 June 2014, the company said in a statement. Member of the Holcim Executive Committee Bernard Terver, responsible for the Indian Subcontinent, takes over direct responsibility for the country. "Holcim thanks Onne van der Weijde for his contributions to the success of the group, especially in India, and wishes him all the best for his future endeavors," the st... |
Indocement outlines 2014 capex14 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, part of the HeidelbergCement Group, plans to spend between IDR4.5trn (US$390.07m) and IDR5trn in capital expenditure this year, up from last year's IDR2.1trn, Reuters cited company Finance Director Tju Lee Sukanto as saying. Indonesia’s second-largest cement producer commissioned an additional 1.9Mta of grinding capacity during the first quarter of this year. A further 4.4Mta will come on-stream in 2015, with two 2.5Mta greenfield works being planned for 20... |
Cemex CEO Zambrano dies13 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemex’s chief executive officer, Lorenzo Zambrano, who led the Mexican cement major for almost three decades, has died aged 70. A statement by the company said that Mr Zambrano passed away in the Spanish city of Madrid on 12 May 2014 of natural causes. Lorenzo H. Zambrano (1944-2014) A grandson of the company’s founder, Mr Zambrano joined Cemex in 1968 and worked his way through the ranks. During his career with Cemex he was involved in all operational aspects of the business an... |
China Resources Cement 1Q14 profit rises 69.6%13 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsChina Resources Cement said its profit attributable to owners for the three months ended 31 March 2014 rose 69.6 per cent YoY to HK$768m. Turnover was HK$6797m, an increase of 13.8 per cent from a year earlier. The gross profit grew 55.2 per cent YoY to HK$2162m. The consolidated gross margin for the reporting period was 31.8 per cent, representing an increase of 8.5 percentage points from 23.3 per cent for the corresponding period last year, which was mainly attributable to improved sellin... |
Cementir advances in Nordic area and Turkey12 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsCementir showed a 6.1 per cent recovery in first quarter turnver to EUR206.6m and EBITDA jumped from EUR9.2m to EUR24.6m, reflecting improved profits from the Nordic countries and from Turkey. At constant exchange rates, the turnover would have been ahead by 17.1 per cent. The trading loss recorded in recent first quarters was replaced by a EUR4.9m profit this time, while the pre-tax loss was reduced from EUR13.7m to EUR1.8m. Net debt at the end of March was 9.4 per cent lower at EU... |
Ancap notes record loss for 201312 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsUruguay’s Ancap closed 2013 with a record loss of US$150m. The company attributed the result partly to developments in the exchange rate, which impacted the cement producer significantly as it borrows in US dollars. However, Ancap has been able to pay the US$513m debt with PDVSA, allowing it to reduce its dollar position and limiting the 2013 loss. CEO, José Coya, said the company will design a “stabilisation programme.” In 2012, Ancap registered a loss of US$14m while in 2011, this ... |
Egypt: Arabian Cement seeks to raise US$120m from IPO12 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsArabian Cement Company has set the price for its initial public share offer (IPO) at EGP9 (US$1.28) a share after a private placing was 11.3 times oversubscribed, the company said on Sunday. The offer, whereby Arabian Cement is seeking to raise around US$120m will make it the first major company to enter the stock exchange since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The company plans to sell 85.202 million shares of which 59.641 million were placed. Last month it set an indicative pri... |