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Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement’s cement sales in the first quarter of 2021 were US$11.3m, up by 22% year-on-year from US$9.27m in the first quarter of 2020. Volumes increased by 13% to 266,000t from 236,000t. The company said that it remained close to full capacity utilisation. It says that it increased its Kazakh cement market share to over 13%. The market grew by 12% year-on-year in total. The producer reported an 11% price rise and constant levels of tariffs and rental expenses.

Steppe Cement forecast an increase in domestic cement demand due to government infrastructure and housing projects.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement increased its full-year sales by 1% year-on-year to US$73m in 2020 from US$72m in 2019. Its cement sales fell by 4% to 1.6Mt from 1.7Mt, and its exports rose by 30% to 0.2Mt. Domestic demand rose by 6% to 9.4Mt from 8.9Mt. Steppe Cement’s market share fell to 15%.

Kazakhstan’s overall cement exports rose by 25% in 2020 to 2.0Mt from 1.6Mt. Imports fell by 14% to 0.6Mt from 0.7Mt.

India: JK Cement has started grey cement production at its 0.7Mt/yr-capacity Balasinor grinding plant in Gujarat. Accord Fintech News has reported that the plant, which dispatched its first batch of cement on 10 October 2020, brings JK Cement’s total grey cement production capacity to 4.2Mt/yr.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement’s sales in the first nine months of 2020 were US$26.0m, up by 5% year-on-year from US$24.7m over the corresponding period of 2019. Dow Jones Institutional News has reported that cement sales volumes fell by 4% to 556,000t from 535,000t. Steppe Cement forecast full-year cement market growth of 2% to 9.0Mt in 2020 from 8.9Mt in 2019.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement has recorded a consolidated profit after tax of US$4.1m in the first half of 2020, down by 24% year-on-year from US$3.1m in the first half of 2019. Sales volumes declined by 2% to 765,000t from 780,000t. The company says that it maintained its 2019 prices until the end of the first quarter of 2020, when reduced demand due to the coronavirus lockdown caused a fall. Production costs declined by 4% over the entire period.

Kazakhstan: Private businessperson Azmi Wan Hamzah has increased his stake in Steppe Cement to 31% of issued share capital from 29%. RNS News has reported that Wan Hamzah holds shares in Steppe Cement via Alwah Fund Limited, Halfmoon Bay Capital and Mango Bay Enterprises.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement recorded earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of US$23.9m in 2019, up by 12% year-on-year from US$21.4m in 2018. Sales volumes of cement remained stable at 1.7Mt with local sales increasing by 4% and exports decreasing by 29% due to increased competition and negative currency effects. Steppe Cement said that overall domestic demand was 8.9Mt, up by 2% from 8.7Mt in 2018. The company operated at 88% production capacity and production costs per tonne rose by 10% due to increases in fuel and transportation prices.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement sold 236,000t of cement in the first three months of 2020, down by 11% year-on-year from 266,000t in first quarter of 2019. Its sales were US$9.36m, down by 10% from US$10.4m. Regulatory News Service has reported that Steppe Cement’s Kazakh cement market share decreased to 13% from 17% in the corresponding quarter of 2019.

Steppe Cement estimated that Kazakhstan's cement demand will decrease in 2020 due to the uncertainty of the oil market and the negative effects of coronavirus. It says that its 3.6Mt/yr integrated Karaganda plant continues to operate at 100% capacity.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement has announced that its revenue fell by 10% during the third quarter of 2019 on the back of lower sales volumes. The UK-listed, Kazakhstan-based producer of construction materials said that revenue for the third quarter was US$27.0m compared with US$29.9m in the year earlier period. The company said that sales volumes for the quarter fell by 11% to 576,692t. For the first nine months of 2019, Steppe Cement’s revenue rose by 10% to US$630m.

Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement’s consolidated revenue in the six months to 30 June 2019 grew by 34% year-on-year to US$36.5m from US$27.3m. Its operating profit before working capital changes was US$7.9m compared to US$5.3m in the corresponding period of 2018, an increase of 49%. Negative currency exchange effects reduced the cement producer’s net profit, despite a boost from the local economy and the company’s reduction of its administrative expenses.

Steppe Cement’s consolidated revenue in the six months to 30 June 2019 grew by 34% year-on-year to US$36.5m from US$27.3m. Its operating profit before working capital changes was US$7.9m compared to US$5.3m in the corresponding period of 2018, an increase of 49%. Negative currency exchange effects reduced the cement producer’s net profit, despite a boost from the local economy and the company’s reduction of its administrative expenses.