Cement Companies

Cement firms' Q4 volumes grow, but realisations decline amid weak pricing

According to analysts, the consolidation in India's cement sector and the weak demand have put pressure on the pricing environment

Sustaining price hikes, demand uptick key for cement companies' stocks

Among companies, Shree Cement and JK Cement may register the highest operating profit gains

JK Lakshmi Cement Q3 results: Net profit declines 59.7% to Rs 60.5 cr

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd on Thursday reported a 59.7 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 60.46 crore for the December quarter on account of lower sales realisation. The company had posted a profit of Rs 150.15 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing from JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd (JKCL) -- a flagship company of JK Organization. Its revenue from operations was down 12 per cent to Rs 1,496.83 crore in the December quarter. It was at Rs 1,702.84 crore in the year-ago period. JK Lakshmi Cement Chairperson & Managing Director Vinita Singhania said, "The profitability of the company for the quarter has been impacted due to lower sales realisation in our primary markets." Its sales volume was down 4.54 per cent to 22.48 lakh tonnes in the December quarter. Total expenses of JKCL were at Rs 1,416.57 crore, down 5.9 per cent in the December quarter of FY25. JKCL's total income, including other income, was also down 12.42 per cent to Rs 1,505.87 crore. Over t

Prism Johnson Dec qtr results: Net profit at Rs 48.12 cr, sales up 6%

The company reported a net profit of Rs 48.12 crore ($5.5 million), during the October-December period, compared with a loss of Rs 3.45 crore a year ago

ACC Q3FY25 results: Profit skyrockets 103% to Rs 1,092 cr, revenue up 7%

ACC Q3FY25 company results: The cement and building materials arm of the Adani Group attributed the rise in profit to higher volumes, cost optimisation measures, and improved operational efficiency

BigBloc's arm Siam Cement wins order from Tata for semiconductor unit

Siam Cement BigBloc Construction, a subsidiary and JV of BigBloc Construction Ltd, has bagged an order from Tata Project to supply material to Micron's semiconductor unit in Sanand, Gujarat, a statement said. The work order from Tata Projects Ltd is for the supply and installation of AAC panels at the semiconductor unit of Micron India in Sanand, BigBloc Construction said in the statement. The order for 100 mm AAC panels, to be completed in three months, is valued at around Rs 4.5 crore. The subsidiary will supply and install steel-reinforced AAC panels, ranging from 2 metres to 6 metres in the project, the statement added. Siam Cement BigBloc Construction is a joint venture between Gujarat-based BigBloc Construction and Thailand's SCG International Corporation Co Ltd. The JV has bagged its first big order after commencing operations at the Rs 65-crore AAC wall plant in Kheda, Gujarat. The plant has an annual capacity of 2.5 lakh cubic metres for large-format AAC Wall products.

India's cement sector sees a concrete 2024 with over 10 major deals

Cement assets attracted both acquisitions and fresh financial investments worth over $3.5 bn

Cement shares in action: Heidelberg, UltraTech, Shree, Nuvoco zoom up to 4%

The renewed investor interest in the cement shares came on the back of reports that cement dealers have initiated price hikes since the start of December

Adani in talks to acquire Heidelberg's Indian cement unit for $1.2 billion

The potential deal is the latest in Adani Group's massive expansion push in the cement sector. The company entered the industry in 2022 by acquiring Holcim's stake in Ambuja Cement

After monsoon lull, price pressure, are cement stocks worth buying?

Shares of cement companies have slid up to 19 per cent in the last four weeks on the NSE, against a 1.06 per cent jump in the benchmark Nifty50

Cement companies likely to continue raising prices until mid-Nov: Antique

Brokerage firm Antique predicts that the cost curve for cement is likely to continue sliding downward in the second half of the financial year 2024-25

Major cement companies report volume growth in Q1, revenue remains muted

Leading cement manufacturers reported single-digit volume growth in the June quarter, though their topline was muted on account of the continued downtrend in the price. Listed manufacturers such as UltraTech, Ambuja Cements, ACC, Shree Cements, and Dalmia Bharat - in their latest quarter earnings reported gains in volumes, ranging from 3 to 9 per cent and increase in capacity utilisation. However, soft cement prices have put their topline under pressure in the April-June period. Besides, raw material costs went up marginally due to an increase in the cost of fly ash and slag. The all-India average cement price was at around Rs 348 per 50 kg bag in June 2024, down around 3 per cent year-on-year. However, this was higher when compared to Rs 335 per bag in May 2024. For the first two months of FY25, the average cement price was at Rs 340 per bag, down 8 per cent YoY. In FY24, the average price was Rs 365 per bag and Rs 375 per bag in FY23, according to the report. Moreover, intense .

Adani Group eyes Jaypee Group's cement assets amid insolvency proceedings

Adani Group's cement arm, which includes ACC and Ambuja Cement holding, is India's second-largest cement producer

UltraTech to buy Kesoram Industries' cement business in all-stock deal

UltraTech said Kesoram had decided to demerge its cement business and approached UltraTech Cement in relation to it

Cement sector on solid growth path; lower costs should support margins

India's largest cement maker, UltraTech saw an amazing 15.4 per cent volume expansion Y-o-Y, given the season and its scale

Competition Commission of India launches market study on cement sector

CCI said that some of the objectives of the study are to study the market trends including movements in cement price, cost, production, capacity, capacity utilisation and profitability

India Cements Q2 results: Net loss of Rs 85.54 cr, revenue falls by 4.72%

The revenue from operations for Q2FY24 was seen at Rs 1,264.39 crore, compared to Rs 1,327.06 crore year-on-year

Cement cos in race to increase capacity with lowest cost producer tag

Dalmia Cement is planning to take its capacity of 43.7 million tonnes per annum to 110-130 million tonnes per annum by 2031

Result preview: Cement companies may report firm profit growth for Q2

Stable prices and costs to help earnings report a higher growth over a low profitability base of last year

Shree Cement to raise up to Rs 700 cr via NCDs on private placement basis

The fundraising plan is expected to be part of the company's Rs 7,000-crore capex plan in the next phase of growth, during which it aims to add an additional 12 million tonnes of capacity