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Taiheiyo Cement secures a Transition-Linked Loan

09 March 2023

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement has obtained a Transition-Linked Loan, the first of its kind in the Japanese cement industry. The loan employs sustainability performance targets (SPTs) based on the company's 2030 interim sustainability targets and 2050 Carbon Neutral Strategy. The former consists in a 40% reduction in its total CO2 emissions, including Scope 3, and a 20% reduction in its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions, between 2000 and 2030.

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Taiheiyo Cement revises 2023 financial year forecast after nine-month net loss

09 February 2023

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement recorded a net loss of US$135m during the first nine months of its 2023 financial year, compared to a net profit of US$226m during the first nine months of the 2022 financial year. Nikkei Financial News has reported that the group lowered its financial forecast for the full 2023 financial year accordingly. Taiheiyo Cement now expects to record a loss of US$199m, compared to a US$221m profit in the 2022 financial year. The producer previously revised its earnings and profit forecasts downward following its first-half 2023 financial year results on 10 November 2022.

During the first nine months of the 2023 financial year, Taiheiyo Cement recorded sales of US$4.58bn, up by 14% year-on-year. The producer said that new US acquisitions during the year so far helped it to increase its cement volumes in that market.

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Sumitomo Osaka Cement increases sales in loss-making first nine months of 2023 financial year

09 February 2023

Japan: Sumitomo Osaka Cement recorded sales of US$1.15bn during the first nine months of the 2023 financial year. The figure corresponds to an increase of 9.9% year-on-year from nine-month 2022 financial year levels. The producer made a loss of US$13m, compared to profit of US$63.3m in the corresponding period of the 2022 financial year.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' carbon capture system wins Award for Excellence

02 February 2023

Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has won an Award for Excellence at the 41st Nikkei Excellent Products and Services Awards for its carbon capture system. It was among eight industrial products to win the award for the year. The panel of judges selected MHI's system for its compact and versatile module configuration, which shortens installation and transport times.

MHI's model has been in industrial operation since June 2022, when MHI inaugurated its first system at Taihei Dengyo Kaisha's Seifu Shinto biomass power plant. The technology is now in operation or under implementation at cement plants in Japan and overseas. Most recently, MHI secured a carbon capture contract with a UK cement plant, Hanson's Padeswood plant, in mid-December 2022.

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Sumitomo Osaka Cement powers head office using biomass

01 February 2023

Japan: Sumitomo Osaka Cement has started using electricity generated from biomass to power its head office in the Shiodome Sumitomo Building in Tokyo. The electricity is generated at the company’s company's Tochigi biomass power plant in Sano and then fed into the general grid. The cement producer and the country are using a feed-in-tariff (FIT) non-fossil energy certificate system to track the use of electricity generated from non-fossil fuel generated sources.

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Taiheiyo Cement reports loss in first half

10 November 2022

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement’s sales in the first half of its financial year to 30 September 2022 rose by 10.6% year-on-year to US$2.57bn from US$2.32bn in the same period in 2021. Its reported an operating loss of US$2.14m compared to a profit of US$176m previously. Its domestic and export sales volumes of cement fell by 0.5% to 6.56Mt and 27% to 1.41Mt respectively.

By region the group said that, although demand was consistent for its business in the western US, sales volumes fell due to poor weather. In China sales volumes dropped to the effects of the country’s zero coronavirus policy upon the market. Sales decreased in Vietnam, partly due anti-dumping duties imposed by the Philippines upon imports.

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Sumitomo Osaka Cement slips to a loss in first financial half

09 November 2022

Japan: Sumitomo Osaka Cement’s operating revenue grew by 7.5% year-on-year to US$657m for the half of its 2023 fiscal year, covering the six-month period to 30 September 2022, compared to US$612m in the same period in its 2022 fiscal year. However, rising costs led to the company reporting an operating loss of US$41.9m compared to an operating profit of US$35.6m previously. Its pretax loss was US$37.7m compared to a pretax profit of US$47.9m. Sumitomo Osaka Cement recorded an overall net loss of US$20m, compared to a net profit of US$41.5m in the first half of the 2022 financial year.

The company expects to record net revenues of US$1.42bn across the entire 2023 fiscal year, with a net loss of US$4.1m. This indicates that it has forecast performance to improve significantly over the next six months.

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Taiheiyo Cement agrees to buy Denka’s cement business

26 October 2022

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement has agreed to buy the cement business of chemicals company Denka for an undisclosed sum. Denka operates an integrated plant in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture where Taiheiyo Cement’s subsidiary Myojo Cement also operates a plant. The three companies have been working on a joint-development plant for local limestone resources since 2018. However, Denka has decided to leave the cement market due to poor local demand and the necessity of upgrades at its plant from 2025 onwards.

From April 2023 cement sold from Denka’s Omi plant will carry the Taiheiyo Cement brand name. Taiheiyo Cement and Myojo Cement have also agreed to continue supplying Denka’s other businesses, such as carbide production, with limestone from 2025. Denka will send by-products and other waste streams to the cement producer. Finally, Taiheiyo Cement, Myojo Cement and Denka will carry on developing the local limestone resources near to Itoigawa City.

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US Department of Commerce upholds anti-dumping duty on Japanese clinker

04 October 2022

US: The US Department of Commerce has concluded a review of anti-dumping duties of imports of grey cement and clinker from Japan. The review established that the duties are necessary to the prevention of cement and clinker dumping. The department launched its review in June 2022, in line with legal requirements. Japanese cement and clinker have been subject to anti-dumping duties in the US since 1991.

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CalPortland to acquire Tehachapi cement plant

10 August 2022

US: Taiheiyo Cement subsidiary CalPortland has concluded a deal with Martin Marietta Materials for the acquisition of the latter's Tehachapi cement plant in California for US$250m. The deal also covers two business centres.

Taiheiyo Cement said "We expect the US cement business to continue to have strong demand from the private sector in view of projected economic growth and chronic housing shortages going forward. Additionally, we expect the infrastructure demands to accelerate as a result of the passing of the more than US$1tn infrastructure investment bill by the US Congress. Further, California is likely to have even greater growth because it will host the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The planned acquisition of Martin Marietta Materials' assets is intended to ensure that we capture this increased demand. It is an essential element in maximising our future corporate value."

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