Cement News tagged under: corporate
Put option exercised on Cemex's Colombia IPO13 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsCemex's Latin American subsidiary Cemex Latam Holdings (CLH) will buy back the overallotment portion of its 15 November IPO. The subsidiary will buy the 22.2 million shares included in a put option at US$6.75 each and hold those shares in treasury, Cemex said in a statement. The purchase amounts to around US$150m. Cemex Latam raised about US$1.15bn from last month's share offering via the sale of just over 170 million shares. Of the total shares, 148.2 million were sold in a public ... |
Semen Baturaja IPO set for February 201312 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia state-owned cement producer PT Semen Baturaja is planning an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for next February to raise funds to construct a new cement plant. The company aims to raise up to IDR1trn (US$103.79m) by selling up to 35 per cent of its enlarged capital, Reuters cited Semen Baturaja director, Pamudji Raharjo, as saying. The funds raised will be used for the construction of a new 1.5Mta cement factory in Pabrik Baturaja II. The project is slated for completion in 2015... |
Lafarge looking to sell South Korean unit12 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsLafarge is seeking to sell its majority stake in South Korean unit Lafarge Halla Cement for KRW700bn (US$650m) and is currently searching for buyers, according to a report by Reuters citing South Korean online media Edaily. The company is said to have chosen US-based Lazard and HSBC’s South Korean unit as managers for the sale. Lafarge operates one integrated cement works and two grinding plants in South Korea with a combined cement capacity of 9.6Mta. In 2011, it had an approximate ma... |
Union meets workers over Boral job cuts, Austraila11 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Australian Workers Union (AWU) is meeting today with workers who are expected to lose their jobs at Boral's Waurn Ponds cement plant in Victoria, Australia, according to reports by ABC News. Around 90 jobs are likely to be axed, after a restructure of the company's operations. Union spokesman Cesar Melhem says the workers are devastated, adding that the decision will have a flow-on affect to other trades, including subcontractors, in the area. Last week Boral announced that it would ha... |
Nomura raises target price on Indocement10 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsNormura Equity Research has raised its target price on Indonesia’s second largest cement producer PT Indocement Tunngal Prakarsa (INTP) from IDR23,400 to IDR26,900 (US$2.43 to US$2.79). T he research house has maintained its ‘buy’ recommendation on higher production volume and improved enterprise value/EBITDA. "Despite recent outperformance of the cement sector and INTP's share price, we still favour the sector, as in our view the cement sector and INTP will continue to benefit from ris... |
Indonesia: Bosowa Group to extend ties with QNB06 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia's Bosowa Group, plans to boost cooperation with Qatar National Bank by inviting the Qatari commercial lender to establish several joint ventures in non-banking financial institutions, reports the Jakarta Globe. Bosowa, which runs businesses ranging from taxi operations to power-plant construction and cement production, and QNB are investing partners in a locally incorporated bank, Bank QNB Kesawan. Bosowa now owns a 23% stake in the Indonesian lender, and QNB owns a majority stake... |
China Resources Cement secures HK$1bn credit facility05 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsChina Resources Cement Holdings Ltd, the largest cement producer in South China, said that it has secured a three-year credit facility worth up to HK$1bn from a bank. |
Mozambique is Cimpor’s star performer04 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsFor the first nine months of 2012, Cimpor’s cement and clinker shipments were 9.4 per cent lower at 18.82Mt, as volumes dropped by just over one -third both in Spain and China while Mozambique proved to be the company's star performer. The assets to be retained by Cimpor as a result of the agreement between the major shareholders for splitting the Cimpor assets, were actually 0.7 per cent higher at 10.97Mt. Turnover for the nine months to September 2012 was down by 1.6 per cent to €1170.... |
FLSmidth CEO to retire in 2013, Denmark04 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsJørgen Huno Rasmussen, age 60, Group CEO of FLSmidth & Co A/S since 2003, is to retire in mid-2013, 10 years after agreeing to join FLSmidth as Group CEO. Following news of Mr Rasmussen's impending departure, Vagn Ove Sørense, chairman of the board of FLSmidth, said: "On behalf of the board, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Jørgen Huno Rasmussen for his decisive contribution to the successful turnaround and development of the FLSmidth Group and for his dedicated leadership over 10... |
Dalmia Cement buys additional stake in Calcom04 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsDalmia Bharat Enterprises has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that its subsidiary, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has approved acquisition of additional 26 per cent stake in Calcom Cement for a consideration of INR77.16 crore. A share purchase agreement to this effect was signed on Friday. This consideration will be paid in multiple tranches and will be subject to the adjustments and other terms and conditions set out in the definitive agreements. |