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Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos recorded consolidated sales of US$1.89m in the first half of 2021, up by 48% year-on-year from US$1.28m in the first half of 2020. Its cement revenues rose by 57% to US$1.35bn from US$859m. The group recorded earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) growth of 56%, to US$1.04bn from US$667m.
During the half, the group began the consolidation of its Uruguay-based Artigas’ cement operations at its Minas, Lavalleja, cement plant at a total investment cost of US$40.0m. It also agreed to acquired Cementos Balboa on 24 June 2021. In March 2021, the group issued sustainability-linked debentures, the first of their kind in the Brazilian market.
Thailand: Siam Cement Group (SCG) recorded first-half consolidated sales of US$7.66bn in 2021, up by 27% year-on-year from US$6.05bn in the first half of 2020. The group’s profit for the period more than doubled to US$1.16bn from US$500m. This was despite a 21% rise in its cost of sale to US$5.79bn from US$4.79bn. The company ends the period with total current liabilities of US$5.38bn, up by 11% half-on-half from US$4.84bn at 31 December 2021.
Belarusian cement exports increase in first half of 2021 11 August 2021
Belarus: The Belarus Architecture and Construction Ministry recorded a 25% year-on-year increase in Belarus’ first-half cement exports in 2021. Business World Magazine News has reported that the value of cement exports in the period rose by 38%. The ministry said that challenges included the on-going coronavirus pandemic and restrictions, bad winter weather and anti-dumping measures in neighbouring Ukraine.
The state is working to enhance Belarusian cement producers’ presence across Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) markets. This includes the establishment of a trading house with Kazakhstan to double the export of building materials to that country.
SLK Cement celebrates employees on Builders’ Day 11 August 2021
Russia: SLK Cement has thanked its employees for their ‘conscientious work and professionalism’ through another challenging year on Builders’ Day, a public holiday for construction and cement sector workers, on 11 August 2021. AIF News has reported that the producer gave out 130 awards on the occasion. The governor and legislative assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast joined the company in writing letters of gratitude to the workforce.
Pakistan: Lucky Cement’s consolidated sales in the 2021 financial year, which ended on 30 June 2021, were US$1.26bn. The figure corresponds to a rise of 67% year-on-year from US$752m in the 2020 financial year. Standalone cement sales rose by 31% to 9.96Mt – consisting of 7.56Mt of local sales and 2.41Mt of exports – from 7.60Mt in the 2020 financial year. The company more than doubled its consolidated profit after tax to US$171m from US$44.4m. Its cement segment’s profit after tax more than tripled to US$85.5m from US$20.3m, and all group companies were profitable.
Lucky Cement attributed the sales growth to increased capacity due to the commissioning of a new line at one of its cement plants in the second half of the 2020 financial year. During the 2021 financial year, the company commenced trial production at its new 1.2Mt/yr-capacity Samawah cement plant in Iraq. It overcame Covid-19-led disruptions to complete the trial in March 2021.