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2019: Dangote Cement records good performance, to intensify clinker export

The Eagle Online by The Eagle Online
June 17, 2020
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2019: Dangote Cement records good performance, to intensify clinker export
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Despite a harsh operating environment, leading Cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc, has leveraged on its size and strength to post an impressive performance in the year 2019, with the shareholders approving a dividend payout of N16 per ordinary 50k share.

Excited representatives of shareholders at the virtual 11th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos commended the management for the company’s resilience to record the profit despite the global economic challenges.

The Chairman of Dangote Cement Plc, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, told the shareholders that 2019 was a strong year given the tough business environment across most of its operating geographies, disclosing that the Group recorded volumes of 23.7 million metric tonnes and revenues of N891.7 billion.

Dangote said: “We recorded a strong EBITDA margin of 44.3 per cent.

“As a result of this performance, the Board has recommended for your approval a dividend of N16.00 per ordinary 50 kobo share.”

Speaking on the local Nigerian operations, he said: “Nigeria’s cement market grew slightly in 2019.

“We estimate that total market consumption was up between 2%-3% on the 20.7Mt estimated in 2018.”

Dangote explained that the modest performance was in spite of the fact that the market generally was impacted negatively by the disruptions related to the 2019 election cycles, heavy rains and the loss in land export volumes due to the border closure.

He said: “Dangote Cement’s Nigerian operations remained at 14.1Mt in 2019, including export sales of 0.45Mt. Domestic sales in Nigeria were nearly 13.7Mt, compared to 13.4Mt in 2019. This implies a 2% growth mirroring the estimated GDP growth for the year. However, land exports reduced to 0.45Mt from 0.7Mt for the full year owing to the border closure in the last few months of 2019.

“The Bag of Goodies promotion, launched in July, drove strong increases in our Nigerian volumes in the third quarter.”

Dangote added that the innovative marketing effort enabled the company to maintain its market share despite the 4.5Mt new capacity, which came into the market during the year.

He alluded to the new feat by Dangote Cement in commencing export of clinker via shipping from the Apapa and Onne ports to West and Central Africa, adding that the management was encouraged by the performance of its offshore operations.

Dangote noted that pan-African operations sold 9.44Mt of cement in 2019, up 0.8 per cent on the 9.37Mt sold in 2018, adding: “Including clinker, Pan-Africa volume was 9.6Mt. The total Pan-African volume represents 40.1 per cent of Group volumes. Pan-African revenues of N282.7 billion were 0.2 per cent lower than FY 2018 and represented 31.7 per cent of total Group revenues. The region’s EBITDA contribution of N47.9 billion (before central costs and eliminations), represented 12.1 per cent of Group EBITDA, at a regional margin of 16.9 per cent, compared to a margin of 17.3 per cent in 2018.”

According to Dangote, stronger performance was recorded in Tanzania, Senegal and Sierra Leone, adding: “Looking ahead, we expect to further deploy our clinker and cement export strategy across West and Central Africa. The completion of our 1.5Mt grinding plant in Cote d’Ivoire is expected by the end of 2020.”

Dangote lamented that the world faces the stark reality of a major health crisis, accompanied by a devastating impact on the global economy, noting that during these times, the company’s top priority remains the health and safety of its employees, customers, suppliers and society at large.

“As Africa’s largest cement manufacturer, we take seriously our role of social responsibility and we have taken deliberate steps to deploy resources to help our communities overcome hardships in this crisis,” he added.

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Sunny Nwosu, National Coordinator of Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria, said the shareholders were very happy with the dividend payout, noting that with the disruption to businesses globally, no one would have expected that the company would still hold its head high and post such an impressive performance.

Coming at this time when coronavirus has wreaked havoc everywhere, any shareholder that receives dividend alert within the next 24 hours would be happy and that would be a worthwhile palliative coming from Dangote Cement.

Dangote Cement has production capacity of 45.6 million tonnes per year across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

It has integrated factories in seven countries, a clinker grinding plant in Cameroon and import and distribution facilities for bulk cement in Ghana and Sierra Leone.

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