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Visaka Industries commissions new asbestos cement line at Raebareli plant

09 May 2022

India: Visaka Industries has commissioned a new line at its Raebareli asbestos cement roofing sheets plant. Indiainfoline News Service has reported that the line has a capacity of 100,000t/yr.

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James Hardie increases sales and earnings in first half of 2022 financial year

09 November 2021

Australia: James Hardie recorded consolidated sales of US$1.75bn in the first half of its 2022 financial year, up by 28% year-on-year from US$1.36bn in the first half of the 2021 financial year. Its earnings before interest and taxation (EBIT) more than doubled to US$398m from US$197m. Fibre cement board sales increased by 17% in North America to 463Mm2 from 395Mm2 and more than doubled to 96.5Mm2 from 47.3Mm2 in Asia Pacific.

During the 2022, 2023 and 2024 financial years, the group plans to complete expansions of its Prattville, Alabama, cement board plant in the US and a European cement board plant, and to establish a new cement board plant in Victoria, Australia. It also aims to purchase land in the US for a future new cement board plant there.

CEO Jack Truong said "Our mission is to be a high-performance global company that delivers organic growth above market with strong returns, consistently. Ten consecutive quarters of growth above market with strong returns has led to an acceleration in operating cash flow, which is allowing us to expand our global manufacturing capacity, accelerate our growth initiatives, return to ordinary dividends, reduce our debt position, and increase the cash contributions to the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund (AICF)."

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Uralasbestcement acquires 54% Belgorodasbestcement stake

23 June 2021

Russia: Chrysotile producer Uralasbestcement has acquired a 54% stake in Belgorodasbestcement via its subsidiary Asbotsemizdelie. Belgorodasbestcement produces chrysotile or white asbestos cement products for domestic sale and export, according to the AK&M Information Agency.

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James Hardie reports strong results and awards US$98m special dividend

21 May 2015

Australia: James Hardie Industries has 'washed its hands' of any responsibility for a shortfall in compensation payments to asbestos victims as it reported robust profit growth and rewarded shareholders with an ordinary second half dividend of US$120m and a US$98m special dividend.

In February 2015, Andrew Constance, who was then New South Wales treasurer, agreed to increase the state's loan facility to the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund (AICF) by more than US$100m after a blowout in expensive mesothelioma claims threatened to leave the fund short of cash for future claims. Constance amended the loan terms after the fund said in 2014 that contributions from James Hardie were likely to be insufficient and it would apply to the NSW courts to pay some claimants in instalments unless it received a top-up. Under the terms of an agreement struck in 2007, James Hardie pays 35% of its operating cashflow to the fund.

Group chief financial officer Matt Marsh said that dividend policy was unrelated to asbestos liabilities. "The way we declare our dividends isn't related to the AICF," said Marsh. "We always prioritise making that payment to the AICF and then we start to allocate our capital that is left over." During 2014 - 2015, James Hardie paid US$113m to the AICF. It expects to make another payment of US$62.8m on 1 July 2015. James Hardie has paid US$718m to the fund since it was set up in 2007.

Chief executive Louis Gries said that James Hardie's manufacturing plants, 'Were getting a pretty good kick' in the quarter that ended on 31 March 2015 following some start-up troubles earlier in the year, while falling pulp and freight prices had reduced costs. During the quarter, earnings before interest and tax margins hit the top end of the group's 20 – 25% range. He said that after focus on operational improvements over the past two years, the company would now chase sales. "We are definitely shifting more of our management attention to how we grow the top line rather than how we get efficiencies," said Gries.

James Hardie is aiming for fibre cement to account for 35% of the external cladding used in the US housing market, with James Hardie controlling 90% of that market. During the 2014 - 2015 year, the company spent US$173m on expansion projects to meet growing demand. Gries said that James Hardie's plants and capacity would keep expanding along with the housing recovery. James Hardie expects US housing starts of 1.1 - 1.2m in 2015 - 2016 and 'improved results' in the Asia Pacific region.

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AA Energy commissions a new grinding plant in Maharashtra

09 March 2015

India: AA Energy has commissioned a 120t/day grinding plant at Wadsa, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. The estimated cost of the project is US$8.88m. The cement produced will be used for captive consumption for AA Energy's asbestos sheet plant in Nagpur. AA Energy has also abandoned an expansion of its biomass power plant in the same location due to non-receipt of a No Objection Certificate from the Pollution Control Board.

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Vietnam considers ban on asbestos in fibre cement boards

24 July 2014

Vietnam: The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has proposed that the government should add asbestos, which is widely used to produce roofing sheets in Vietnam, to the list of toxic chemicals subject to a full ban. There are 36 producers of asbestos cement (AC) roofing sheets in Vietnam, with an annual production capacity of 100Mm2 of roofing sheets.

Vietnam has used asbestos since the 1960s and the country is among the world's 10 largest users of asbestos, consuming and importing some 60,000t/yr. More than 90% is used to manufacture AC roofing sheets, while the rest is for the production of car brakes and thermal insulation.

Deputy health minister Nguyen Thanh Long has said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) and international cancer research agencies have warned that all types of asbestos can cause lung, larynx and ovarian cancer, as well as mesothelioma and asbestosis. Asbestosis, a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling asbestos fibres, has been recognised in Vietnam as an occupational disease eligible for compensation since 1976. Ministry research has shown that people living near an area where asbestos is used, or those living under a roof made from asbestos, can also be affected.

The Research Institute of Technology for Machinery under the Ministry of Industry and Trade have developed a non-asbestos roofing sheet production line. Polyvinyl alcohol synthetic fibre (PVA) is used to replace the asbestos, while pulp additives increase stickiness. Prices of non-asbestos roofing sheets are 10 - 15% higher than those made from asbestos.

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