- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): Malakoff Corp Bhd’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 (1QFY22) fell by 15.82% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM50.88 million, from RM60.44 million. The lower net profit was due to lower contribution from Tanjung Bin Energy Sdn Bhd (TBE), resulting from the plant outage caused by low-pressure turbine blade failure, coupled with higher depreciation charges, according to the company’s filing with the bourse on Tuesday (May 24). As a result, earnings per share decreased to 1.04 sen, from 1.24 sen previously. In contrast, its quarterly revenue grew 39.42% to RM1.88 billion, from RM1.35 billion. The increase in revenue was primarily due to higher energy payments recorded from Tanjung Bin Power Sdn Bhd and TBE, given the higher Applicable Coal Price during the period under review. In a separate statement, Malakoff said its overseas investments achieved a share of profit totalling RM47.4 million, an increase of 70.5% from … [Read more...] about Malakoff’s 1Q net profit down 16% y-o-y, despite higher revenue
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KNM to sell Borsig at a loss for RM1 billion
- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): KNM Group Bhd has sold its entire stake in Borsig GmbH, a German-based process equipment manufacturer, to GPR Siebzigste Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (GSV) for €220.8 million (RM1.03 billion), but is expected to make an estimated loss of RM490.55 million from the disposal. In a bourse filing on Tuesday (May 24), the group said its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Deutsche KNM GmbH entered into a conditional sale, purchase and transfer agreement with GSV on Monday. KNM is a multinational group with core businesses in project management, engineering, manufacturing and construction for the renewable energy, power, utilities, refining and petrochemical industries. GSV is a special investment vehicle wholly-owned by Vorsprung Industries SCSp, incorporated for the acquisition of Borsig. The price tag represents an enterprise value (EV) over earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) of 6.63 times, compared with … [Read more...] about KNM to sell Borsig at a loss for RM1 billion
Trailing demand a temporary blip for aluminium players
This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on May 16, 2022 - May 22, 2022. - A + A COMMODITIES may still be riding an upward trend, but metal prices have melted to pre-Russia-Ukraine conflict levels. Aluminium, for one, has seen year-to-date gains erased on demand headwinds, especially the slowdown in China’s manufacturing activity due to Covid-19 lockdowns. Since surging past US$3,800 a tonne in March this year — the highest in more than 13 years — aluminium prices have retreated 30% to a five-month low of US$2,700 a tonne. Copper prices have also contracted to a more than seven-month low of US$9,000 a tonne as at last Thursday on fears of a global economic slowdown. Attributing the fall to a strong US dollar and weak Chinese demand, Fitch Solutions expects further weakening in metal prices in the second quarter before stabilising in the second half of the year. Local analysts are not overly concerned about softer aluminium prices as they … [Read more...] about Trailing demand a temporary blip for aluminium players