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GCC's fourth-quarter sales rise 18% YoY02 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsGCC (Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua) reported a sales increase of 18 per cent in the fourth quarter compared to the same period of 2013, totaling MXN2546.1m (U$$170m), reflecting an increase in both Mexico and the US across all the company's products. In the US, sales rose 17.6 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2013 and totaled MXN1735.6m. Cement sales volumes grew five per cent and concrete 20 per cent, driven by demand in Texas, South Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Arkansas and Oklahoma,... |
CRH earnings up 11%26 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsCRH’s turnover increased by 4.9 per cent in 2014 to EUR18,912m while the EBITDA advanced by 11.3 per cent to EUR1641m. The trading profit before charging EUR49m of impairments rose by 28.8 per cent to EUR966m. The net interest charge declined by 1.2 per cent to EUR246m and a EUR77m gain on disposals, compared with EUR26m in 2014, led to a pre-tax profit of EUR761m compared with a loss of EUR215m in 2013. The net attributable result swung from a EUR296m loss to a profit of EUR582m. Net d... |
US natural gas price to soften before recovery in 201624 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsAs the US faces ample natural gas inventories and high production, US gas prices are expected to further soften this year. “We introduce an end of 2Q15 target of US$2.25/mBtu and lower our 2015 US nat gas price forecast to US$2.85, from US$3.90 prior,” say analysts at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. High production, especially in the US northeast where new pipeline capacity has come online, has helped to raise annual output growth from 1.9 to 5.7bcf/d through 2014, bringing total US ga... |
Lafarge's final full year turnover and EBITDA in decline18 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge's turnover eased by 1.9 per cent to EUR12,843m in 2014 and the EBITDA came off 2.6 per cent to EUR2721m, having fallen by 9.4 per cent in 2013. Including share of associates, turnover eased by 0.2 per cent to EUR15,167m and the EBITDA by 0.4 per cent to EUR3091m. The trading profit was off by 2.9 per cent to EUR1,881m, but was 0.4 per cent ahead at EUR2084m including associates and carbon credits received recovered from EUR14m to EUR37m. Net financial charges declined by a furthe... |
PCA: as oil prices fall, cost of asphalt is on the rise18 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsDespite falling oil prices, the cost of paving with asphalt continues to rise across the US. A recent analysis from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) shows that asphalt prices have reached record highs during the last six months. Oil prices declined 44 per cent in the second half of 2014, and during the same period asphalt prices increased 1.5 per cent. A decline in asphalt prices has yet to materialise given six months of data since the beginning of the oil price decline, the normal la... |
Vulcan Materials adds two new members to its board17 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsVulcan Materials has named Southern Co CEO Thomas A Fanning and former US Secretary of Labor Elaine L Chao to its board of directors. Fanning has been president, CEO and chairman of Southern Co (the parent of Birmingham's Alabama Power Co) since 2010. He also serves as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and as chairman of the Electric Subsector Coordinating Council. Chao served as the US Secretary of Labor over the 2001-09 period. She has also served as CEO of United Way of Ameri... |
Ash Grove Cement names new VP and CFO12 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsDavid Meyer joins Ash Grove Cement Co as vice president and chief financial officer Ash Grove Cement Company announced David G Meyer is joining the company as its vice president and chief financial officer in the company’s headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. In his new role, Mr Meyer will direct accounting, treasury, internal audit, tax and information technology functions. “Dave brings 17 years of corporate finance leadership in strategic planning and capital marke... |
Buzzi Unicem sees improvements in the USA and Czech Republic11 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsBuzzi Unicem's turnover eased by 0.1 per cent last year to €2506m, but ignoring the exchange rate effect there would have been a 3.4 per cent improvement. Net debt at the end of December was 3.1 per cent below the level seen a year earlier at €1063m. Group cement deliveries in 2014 increased by 1.8 per cent to 25.1Mt and ready-mixed concrete deliveries improved by 1.4 per cent to 12Mm³. Domestic reduction in line with overall market Buzzi Unicem's Italian turnover declined by a furt... |
Australia: Boral swings to profit11 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsBoral Ltd today reported a 23 per cent increase in profit after tax (before significant items) to $112m in the six months to the end of December 2014. After significant items, net profit was $104.5m, compared to a loss of $26.3m in the first half of the 2014 financial year. But turnover for the six months to the end of December declined by 20.5 per cent to AUD22285m (€1561m), largely reflecting the transfer of the plasterboard business to joint venture status. EBITDA was off by 5.5 per ce... |
Vulcan’s EBITDA grows by 28 per cent06 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsVulcan Materials' turnover increased by 8.1 per cent in 2014 to US$2994.2m and the EBITDA rose by 28.1 per cent to US$99.7m. After a net interest charge 20.2 per cent higher at US$242.7m, there was pre-tax profit of US$298.8m compared with a US$3.7m loss in 2013 and at the net level there was a jump from a US$24.3m profit to US$204.9m. Capital expenditure, which had jumped from US$93.4m to US$275.4m in 2013, declined by 18.3 per cent in 2014 to US$224.9m and is forecast to be in the regio... |