Cement News tagged: Corporate
Cementos Pacasmayo reports 15% increase in 2022 net income
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo saw its revenues increase by 1.7 per cent YoY to PEN533.8m (US$138.8m) in the fourth quarter of 2022, mainly due to an increase in average prices of bagged cement as inflation affected the company’s raw material and energy costs. Sales volumes of cement, concrete and precast in the 4Q22 decreased 1.7 per cent from peak levels in the 4Q21. In the last quarter ...
HeidelbergCement India sees profit slump in December 2022 quarter
HeidelbergCement India has reported total income of INR5506.7m (US$66.6m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022, up from INR5170.6m in the previous quarter but down slightly on the INR5568.1m seen in the same quarter in 2021. Over the nine months ended 31 December 2022, total income came in at INR16,678.8m, down from INR17,135.9m in the same period a year earlier. Net profit in the quart...
Shree Cement resignation
India’s Shree Cement has announced that Prakash Narayan Chhangani has resigned as whole-time director of the company. His resignation is effective from 13 February 2023. According to the company, his decision to leave is to “pursue his career outside the organisation.”
Century Peak Cement announces first sales
Century Peak Cement Manufacturing Corp (CPCMC), a subsidiary of Century Peak Holdings Corp (CPM), has begun selling cement in Visayas, an archipelago in the Philippines, having received the quality standard certification for its products. According to Manila Bulletin, the company’s plant in Pinamungajan, Cebu, has its own pier to enable efficient distribution via barge anywhere in the countr...
Buzzi Unicem posts 16% rise in consolidated net sales in FY22
Buzzi Unicem reports consolidated net sales at EUR3996m in FY22, up 16 per cent from EUR3446m in FY2021, also on LfL basis a rise of 9.6 per cent. Cement sales in Brazil and Russia helped the multinationals improved performance. Cement sales of the group amounted to 28.3Mt, decreasing by 9.2 per cent compared to 31.2Mt in 2021. Ready-mix concrete output, equal to 11.5Mm 3 , was also down...
Burnpur Cement losses continue
India-based Burnpur Cement Ltd has reported total income of INR349.3m (US$4.24m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR330.2m in the previous quarter and INR357.2m in the same quarter a year earlier. Over the December 2022 quarter a loss of INR207.6m was seen, compared to a loss of INR202.5m in the previous quarter, and a loss of INR53.8m in the December 2021 quarter. C...
Boral reports 12% advance in revenue
Boral has reported revenue of AUD1681.1m (US$1172.8m) in the six months ended 31 December 2022, marking a 12 per cent increase YoY. According to the company, this has been driven by higher volumes and prices. EBIT over the same period advanced by 15 per cent to AUD95.3m, while the EBIT margin was up 20bps to 5.7 per cent. Underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) grew by 53 per cent YoY to ...
Shree Cement YoY profit hit by fuel expenses
Shree 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...
Cementir reports 27% revenue rise in 2022
Cementir reported consolidated 2022 group r evenue at the record level of EUR1720.9m (US$1851.4m), up by 26.5 per cent compared to EUR1360m in 2021. EBITDA reached the record level of EUR355m, up by 14.2 per cent on 2021. EBIT, after amortisation, depreciation, impairment losses and provisions of EUR119.4m (EUR113.2m in 2021), amounted to EUR235.6m, up by 19.1 per cent from EUR197.8...
CEMEX links ARS programmes to sustainability goals
CEMEX has announced that all its accounts receivable securitisation (ARS) programmes are now linked to CEMEX’s sustainability-linked financing framework, which is aligned to the company’s ambitious sustainability goals within its Future in Action programme. The framework references three climate action KPIs: net CO 2 emissions per ton of cementitious material; power consumption from...
Power and fuel costs hit profits at Ramco Cements
Ramco Cements Ltd has reported revenue of INR20,180.9m (US$244.3m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. This compares to INR17,932m in the previous quarter and INR15,558.8m in the same quarter a year earlier. Net profit after tax fell from INR825.7m in the December 2021 quarter, to INR673.9m in the same period a year later, while basic earnings per share declined from INR3.49 to INR2.85. ...
Aumund Fördertechnik reports the passing of Franz-Walter Aumund
Franz-W Aumund Chairman of the Board AUMUND Group AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH reports the death of Franz-Walter Aumund (shareholder, chairman of the Advisory Board, chairman of the Management Board), the defining personality of the company’s 100-year history. “Our respected and highly valued mentor, a truly remarkable person,” stated AUMUND. “It is thanks to more than 50 years...
Ambuja Cements reports 11% QoQ revenue rise
Ambuja Cements Ltd , part of the Adani Group , has reported an 11 per cent QoQ increase in revenue in the quarter ended 31 December 2022. Net revenue for the three-month period came in at INR80,360m (US$ 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 t...
PPC in talks to sell Zimbabwe business
PPC Ltd is reportedly in talks to sell its Zimbabwe business. According to Bloomberg, discussions are at an early stage and no potential buyers have been named as yet. PPC is believed to be selling the Zimbabwe company for around US$200m. PPC Zimbabwe currently runs a 0.76Mta grinding plant in Bulawayo , a 0.825Mta clinker plant in Colleen Bawn , and a 0.7Mta grinding works in Harar...
Holcim acquires Dura-Last roofing company
Holcim has signed an agreement to acquire Duro-Last, a US-based leader in commercial roofing systems. Duro-Last’s systems range from cool roofs, enhancing buildings’ energy efficiency, to its award-winning 'Recycle Your Roof' programme, driving circularity in roofing. It is also the first company in the US to offer third-party verified environmental product declarations for its thermoplastic...
UltraTech commissions 1.5Mta Odisha unit
UltraTech 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 for...