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Portugal: Semapa subsidiary Secil is spending Euro86m on modernising its Outão cement plant in Setúbal. The Dinheiro Vivo has reported that the work will turn the facility into ‘the most sustainable cement plant in Europe,’ according to the company. It will reduce CO₂ emissions by 20%, end fossil fuel use and establish waste heat recovery to supply 30% of the plant’s electrical power needs. The government has granted the ‘Project of National Interest’ Euro14.5m in funding. The project will also expand the cement plant’s capacity by 30% to 1.3Mt from 1.0Mt.

Chief executive officer Carlos Abreu said "We have the ambition of reaching carbon neutrality in 2050 and this project is a step in that direction. Others will follow." He added "The Asian and American blocs are not always facing that direction, but the path is made by walking... and we will get there." Regarding the timing of the project, Abreu said "Secil was a very brave company here. The project was decided in 2019 before the pandemic broke out... We kept it, despite the fact that knowing that the pandemic was going to be, and is being, very difficult, but we believe that we had no other alternative."

Portugal: Semapa’s sales revenue from its cement business fell by 1.35% year-on-year to Euro471m in 2016. Its earning before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell by 0.3% to Euro85.1m. It attributed the slight fall in revenue to a fall in turnover in Portugal and Tunisia, although it noted that it rose in Brazil.

Its sales volumes of Ordinary Portland Cement rose by 5% to 4.99Mt from 4.73Mt but its clinker sales fell by 13% to 0.42Mt from 0.48Mt. Despite the poor state of the construction market in Brazil, the cement producer’s local firm, Supremo Cimentos, managed to increase its sales as its Adrianópolis plant increased its production in the year following its opening in mid-2015.

Portugal: Semapa has reported that its cement sales grew by 11% year-on-year to Euro477m in 2015 from Euro430m in 2014. It attributed the increase to growth in turnover of operations in Portugal, Lebanon and Angola and the integration of the Supremo Group on 1 July 2015.

Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation for its cement business grew by 14.7% year-on-year to Euro85.4m from Euro74.4m in 2014. However, its pre-tax profit fell to a loss of Euro18.3m from a gain of Euro9.7m a year earlier.

The Portuguese industrial conglomerate noted that cement sales in Portugal rose by 3.4% year-on-year in 2015, the highest increase since 2008. In Lebanon it reported a 8.6% year-on-year drop in cement consumption in 2015. In Tunisia it reported a drop in cement demand in the second half of the year. In Angola it reported that cement consumption fell by 11.7%. Despite these market conditions its turnover in Lebanon and Angola grew in 2015.

In Brazil Semapa acquired the remaining 50% of the Supremo Group in June 2015, taking control of its 2Mt/yr production capacity. However, Semapa reported SNIC data that the Brazilian cement market has dropped by 9.2% in 2015.

Looking ahead, Semapa forecasts that the cement market is expected to drop slightly in 2016 but with growth in Portugal.

Portugal: João Castello Branco will replace Pedro Queiroz Pereira as the CEO of Semapa. In a company statement, Pedro Queiroz Pereira announced that he would propose João Castello Branco to the board of directors in July 2015 for the post as well as for appointment to the post of chairman of the executive committee. Pedro Queiroz Pereira intends to remain as chairman of the board of directors. João Castello Branco works currently as a senior director at McKinsey Iberia.

Portugal: Portugal's conglomerate Semapa, which owns cement maker Secil and pulp and paper producer Portucel, has posted a 23% fall in its 2014 net profit due to tax adjustments and a financial loss. Semapa's net profit fell to Euro113m in 2014. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell by 2.6% year-on-year to Euro410m. Total sales rose by 1.5% to nearly Euro2bn, with cement sales up by 5%.

Portugal: Poor cement sales in Portugal and Angola have reduced Semapa's net profit by 52.3% year-on-year to Euro39.3m for the first six months of 2013 from Euro82.3m in the same period in 2012.

Sales in Portugal fell by 15.2% to Euro82.2m for the period and sales in Angola fell by 20% to Euro11.6m. In Portugal Semapa blamed the on-going decline in the construction sector. In Angola it blamed imports from China. Despite political instability and regional variation in Tunisia, sales rose slightly by 0.5% to Euro36m for the period. Sales in Lebanon rose by 5.4% to Euro44.7m.

Overall the Portuguese conglomerate, which holds businesses in cement, pulp and paper and environmental services, saw its sales rise by 4.5% year-on-year to Euro990m for the first half of 2013. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell by 11.6% to Euro202m.