Cement News tagged under: india
Shree Cement YoY profit hit by fuel expenses10 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsShree Cement Ltd has reported total income of INR42,300.2m (US$513m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR39,374.9m in the previous quarter and INR36,618.9m in the same quarter a year earlier. Profit over the December 2022 quarter came in at INR2767.7m, up from INR1896m in the previous quarter but down from the INR4919.9m reported in the December 2021 quarter. Power and fuel expenses advanced from INR8078.m in the quarter ended 31 December 2021 to INR13,027.4m in ... |
Power and fuel costs hit profits at Ramco Cements09 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsRamco Cements Ltd has reported revenue of INR20,180.9m (US$244.3m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR17,932m in the previous quarter and INR15,558.8m in the same quarter a year earlier. Net profit after tax fell from INR825.7m in the December 2021 quarter, to INR673.9m in the same period a year later, while basic earnings per share declined from INR3.49 to INR2.85. Over the nine months ended 31 December 2022, revenue came in at INR55,906.8m, up from INR42,915.8... |
US production and consumption increased in 202208 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe US produced an estimated 95Mt of Portland and masonry cement in 2022, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), up from 93Mt in the previous year. Cement was produced at 96 plants in 34 states, along with two plants in Puerto Rico. Texas, Missouri, California and Florida were, in descending order, the four leading cement-producing states, accounting for approximately 43 per cent of US production. The US cement industry’s growth continues to be constrained by closed or idle p... |
Ambuja Cements reports 11% QoQ revenue rise08 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements Ltd , part of the Adani Group , has reported an 11 per cent QoQ increase in revenue in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. Net revenue for the three-month period came in at INR80,360m (US$ 972.95m), compared to INR72,450m in the previous quarter, and INR77,100m in the same period a year earlier. EBITDA in the December 2022 quarter stood at INR11,380m, up from INR4360m in the previous quarter but down from INR12,130m in the same period in 2021. The EBITDA margin in the De... |
JK Lakshmi Cement signs solar power agreement08 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsJK Lakshmi Cement on has signed an agreement with Amplus Solar to set up a 56MWp solar power plant for its Durg facility , located in Chhattisgarh. This will form part of the company's ‘Green Pahal, Behtar Kal’ campaign that creates awareness about improving energy efficiency and saving the environment . With this initiative, JK Lakshmi Cement will be able to replace 92m units with green electricity in the first year that will help reduce its CO 2 emissions by 73,000t, equivalent to ... |
UltraTech commissions 1.5Mta Odisha unit07 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsUltraTech Cement (part of the Aditya Birla Group ) has commissioned a 1.5Mta brownfield cement grinding unit in Jharsuguda , Odisha, expanding the existing works, according to The Hindu. This latest addition will take the company’s total cement capacity in Odisha to 4.1Mta and puts its total cement production capacity for India as a whole at122.85Mta. By FY22-23 UltraTech's capacity is forecast to reach 159.25Mta once all current expansion programmes are completed. |
The India Cements Ltd sees revenue slip MoM07 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe India Cements Ltd has reported revenue from operations of INR12,194m (US$147.3m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR12,546m in the previous quarter and INR11,084m in the quarter ended 31 December 2021. In the October-December 2022 quarter, the company saw a profit of INR907.3m, compared to a loss of INR1375m in the previous quarter and a profit of INR33m in the same quarter a year earlier. Power and fuel expenses jumped from INR3518m in the December 2021 quar... |
JK Cement reports revenue rise06 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsJK Cement Ltd reported total revenue of INR23,097.8m (US$279.5m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR21,646m in the previous quarter and INR19,667.8m in the same period a year earlier. Profit after tax in the December 2022 quarter came in at INR965.7m, down from INR1248.4m in the previous quarter and a significant fall from the INR1673.4m recorded in the December 2021 quarter. Among the costs that have risen during 2022 are power and fuel, which advanced from INR4... |
Star Cement reports 27% rise in 3Q net profit06 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based Star Cement saw its net profit increase by 27 per cent YoY to INR303m (US$3.67m) for the quarter ended 31 December 2022 (3QFY22-23). Net revenue advanced by 15.4 per cent to INR6234.9m in the October-December 2022 quarter when compared with INR5400.9m in the year-ago quarter. Operating expenses in 3Q22 were up by 10.8 per cent to INR5582.8m from INR5040.5m in the 3Q21. Operating profit surged by 81 per cent to INR652.2m in the 3Q22 when compared with INR360.3m reported in ... |
ACC Ltd posts 14% rise in revenue02 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsACC Ltd has reported a 14 per cent increase in revenue to INR45,370m (US$554.7m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022, up from INR42,260m in the same period a year earlier. EBITDA over the same timeframe fell from INR6100m to INR4190m, while the EBITDA margin declined from 14.7 to 9.4 per cent. Sales volumes over the three-month period stood at 7.7Mt of cement and clinker, on a par with the same quarter in 2021, while sales volumes of ready-mixed concrete advanced marginally from 0.73M... |