Cement News tagged: Corporate
BUA approves dividend and sets 2023 deadline for current expansion projects
BUA Cement Plc shareholders have approved dividends of NGN88.047bn (US$96.3m) for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 at NGN2.60k per ordinary share of 50k each. This approval was given during the company’s 6th Annual General Meeting held in Abuja and comes on the back of a strong financial performance in the year under review, which recorded revenue growth of 22.9 per cent from NGN209...
UltraTech Cement Ltd reports net sales of INR150,070m in 1QFY23
UltraTech Cement Ltd ( Aditya Birla Group ) has announced its financial results for the quarter ended 30 June 2022 with consolidated net sales of INR150,070m (US$1.88bn) versus INR116,980m over the corresponding period of the previous year. After a strong end to FY22, cement demand was impacted by overall inflationary trends and lower labour availability in May 2022. However, cement dem...
Sika sees sales advance 18% YoY in 1H22
Sika has reported an 18 per cent YoY increase in sales to CHF5250.3m (US$5424m) in the first half of 2022. In local currencies this equates to growth of 19.5 per cent. Operating profit (EBIT) over the same period advanced by 22.7 per cent YoY to CHF841.9m with a record EBIT margin of 16 per cent. According to the company, higher input costs due to a substantial rise in the cost of raw material...
CEMEX to buy clean energy from Acciona for Spanish operations
CEMEX will purchase clean energy from energy supplier Acciona to power its cement operations in Spain, according to the cement company. The purchase agreement ensures supply of green energy to cover 30 per cent of the cement producer’s requirements in Spain. "This agreement shows our commitment to our clean energy transition, adding to the success of similar agreements in other geographies...
Ha Tien Cement's net profit halves to VND160bn
Ha Tien Cement JSC’ s ( Vicem group ) net profit halved YoY in the 1H22 to VND160bn (US$6.8m) due to higher fuel and additive costs. The company says prices of key inputs like coal, oil and gypsum increased sharply, pulling down profits. It reported revenues of VND4.34trn (US$184.8m), up 8.5 per cent. The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the embargo by the West have caused...
Dewan Cement appoints new CEO and director
Pakistani cement producer Dewan Cement Ltd informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that Ishtiaq Ahmed and Waseem-ul-Haque Ansari have been appointed as CEO and director of the company, respectively. The appointments are effective of 15 July 2022 and replace Malik Bilal Omar.
UltraTech Cement expected to report 29% fall in profit
UltraTech Cement is expected to report a 29 per cent YoY drop in net profit to INR12,140m (US$151.9m) for the three months ended 30 June 2022, compared to INR17,000m in the same quarter a year earlier. According to The Economic Times, the fall is due to a 10-15 per cent YoY surge in power and fuels costs, as petcoke and thermal coal prices remain elevated, along with an estimated 5-7 per ...
Ragland Cement plant inaugurates new 1.65Mta line
National Cement Co 's Ragland cement plant, in Alabama, USA, has completed a two-year, US$300m project to install a new production line with alternative fuels. The key component of the production line is a rotary kiln that replaces coal with various fuels such as recycled wood chips, saw dust from area furniture and cabinet manufacturers, and tyre-derived fuels (TDF) composed of shred...
CEMEX gives Solid Cement expansion project update
CEMEX Philippines is building a US$356m new integrated cement line in its Solid Cement plant in Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines, to raise the plant’s annual capacity by 1.5Mta to 3.4Mt, and position itself to supply more for the nation’s infrastructure programmes and building needs. CEMEX Philippines President and CEO, Luis Franco, said that “this expansion project will not only m...
Secil launches Concrete Verdi Zero
Secil has launched Concrete Verdi Zero, the first concrete with zero CO₂ emissions in Portugal, an innovative and sustainable product that meets the objectives of achieving carbon neutrality in the cement industry by 2050 and the necessary decarbonisation of the construction sector. “With the launch of Verdi Zero concrete, Secil takes a step forward in the construction of a more su...
Grasim Industries to set up building materials e-commerce platform
Grasim Industries, the flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group , is investing INR20,000m (US$250m) in a B2B e-commerce platform for building materials. The platform will primarily focus on micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in the building materials segment with the potential to extend into other relevant categories, reports the Financial Express. The key value proposition would...
Ambuja Cement reports 18% revenue growth
Ambuja Cement has reported revenue of INR39.58bn (US$495.2m) in the April-June 2022 quarter, compared to INR33.42bn in the same quarter a year earlier. EBITDA over the same period fell from INR9.6bn to INR6.85bn, impacted by a significant rise in fuel prices, although this has been partly mitigated by the company's efficiency initiatives under its 'I CAN' programme. Total expenses expanded fro...
HeidelbergCement India sees revenue increase
HeidelbergCement India has posted revenue of INR6001.5m (US$75.1m) in the quarter ended 30 June 2022, compared to INR5664.5m in the same quarter a year earlier. Profit over the same period has contracted from INR686.5m to INR516.1m. Expenses came in at INR5308.4m in the quarter ended 30 June 2022, up from INR4626m in the same quarter in the year-ago period. Power and fuel costs have risen...
Ramco Cements reports rise in revenue in 2021-22
The Ramco Cements Ltd has reported revenue of INR60.1bn (US$752.3m) in the FY21-22, compared to INR53.03bn in FY20-21. Net profit over the same period has advanced from INR7.61bn to INR8.93bn, while EBITDA has fallen from INR15.82bn to INR13.14bn. In terms of costs, power and fuel accounted for the greatest share in the FY20-22 at 23 per cent, up from 15 per cent in the FY20-21. All other co...
Bedeschi opens a Hong Kong office
Bedeschi is proud to announce the opening of the new branch in Hong Kong. Bedeschi Far East Ltd has the mission to assist the local customers and to support the Far East market both for the commercial topics and for the technical matters, said the company. Michele Gatto is the managing director of the new subsidiary in Hong Kong. During the past decades Bedeschi has consolidated its market ...
China Shanshui Cement issues profit warning
China Shanshui Cement Group has issued a profit warning for the first half of 2022. Profit attributable to equity holders of the company for the six-month period will decrease by no less than 60 per cent compared the same period a year earlier, according to a report on Dow Jones Newswire. The fall is being blamed on the pandemic, climatic factors, and market demand, which fell in the openin...