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Would love to see 500p end of this month, might tempt me to take a little more profits :)

Great stock and hope all are showing massive gains by now, I certainly am.

Been in and out of these twice since the middle of July , thanks for the thread Proselenes would never have noticed them without it.

Much appreciated , cheers.

Be careful with the buys and sells as potentially the best is yet to come, with the company enjoying an effective protected monopoly position, and the virtual certainty of an imminent main market or HK listing.

However, having said that would expect pull backs around the marks, so at 5 there may well be a perfect opportunity to sell and repuchase for a few % points

SOLDOUT TODAY CHEERS PROSEL.

Interesting post and it would explain a number of things. The money raised can be used to pay back the outstanding debt and then allow WCC to go on the acquisition trail. Its going to be more difficult to build new plants in future and the way to expand easily will be limited to buying up other plants. A large number of new shares being issued in HK to raise this money might well keep a lid on the price and based upon that I would expect a price of between 500p to 600p for the placing in HK at the IPO.



West China Cement to raise over $7B in HK IPO next year
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(Infocast News) London-listed West China Cement has submitted its application for listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong next year to raise more than $7 billion, the Apple Daily reported today, citing sources.

The IPO in Hong Kong will be sponsored by ICBC International.

The cement producer that operates in Shaanxi Province in China aims to be listed on Hong Kong's bourse before June 30.

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The recent drop to 400p levels has encouraged me to make a top up here. The pending HK listing could well see this one move up, and my target is a price between 400p and 600p on listing, so as its at the bottom of my target range with only possible upside now I have got some more.

Other people think 800p or more is the potential on Hong Kong listing, so I would love to be wrong with my 600p top guesstimate.

Anyway, for a relatively risk free ride on the potential for a re-rating on Hong Kong listing in the coming 4 months, WCC is attractive IMV now.

Have to agree with that - hence my top up of yesterday. Price action in this and other shares is very strange at the moment, but should the markets turn north, then this may turn quite rapidly.

Time to sit quiet and let the markets wake.

Cement shares rising in Hong Kong. Must be remembered that cement companies on the Hang Seng trade on PER's in the teen levels.

WCC will dual list on the Hang Seng soon, and yet is on a forecast PER of less than 5 going forward. And remember, results should be out on WCC before mid-March IMO.


http://www.jlmpacificepoch.com/newsstories?id=1622122_0_5_0_M


..............Shares of construction-related companies rose on Monday, following a proposal in the No. 1 document, China's first policy document in 2010, to increase rural housing construction, provide building materials to rural areas and support rural residents who construct their own homes, reports Xinhua News Agency. China National Building Material (3323.HK) shot up 11.13%, Anhui Conch Cement Co (914.HK, 600585.SH) gained 9.3%, Asia Cement (China) Holdings (743.HK) increased 6.65%, and China Resources Cement (1313.HK) climbed 3.04%......... .

Good strong day for WCC, not surprising given the excellent news coming from China (as per the post above).

Given that statement I might even get tempted to raise my "600p" top price for HK listing IPO ;)

Couple of articles related to the news yesterday from China. In the first link, just wonder what 20 times PE pricing would do to WCC when listed on the Hang Seng ;). A large rise could be an understatement.


http://chinaonmeta.com/news?nid=105536

http://english.sina.com/business/p/2010/0131/302473.html


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Looks like the seller has been cleared and the price can now move on up again.

Nice news. Expanding further :)

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201002090731108680G

West China Cement
RNS Number : 8680G
West China Cement Limited
09 February 2010

Announcement of investment in Longqiao cement plant

West China Cement Limited ("WCC" or the "Company") is delighted to announce an investment in the Longqiao cement plant, a facility with 1.1 million tones per annum capacity and limestone reserves which are sufficient to support this operation for well in excess of 30 years.

The investment has been effected through the establishment of Shangluo Longqiao Yaobai Cement Co., Ltd. ("Longqiao Yaobai"). Shaanxi Danshui Construction Materials Co., Ltd. ("Shaanxi Danshui") an independent third party has injected assets of RMB337m into Longqiao Yaobai. Post the investment Longqiao Yaobai is owned as to 80% by Shaanxi Yaobai Special Cement Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WCC, and 20% by Shaanxi Danshui. The investment has been financed by an injection of RMB100m by WCC into Longqiao Yaobai, payable in two tranches of RMB50m. Longqiao Yaobai will also assume Shaanxi Danshui bank debts of RMB50m and a shareholder loan from Shaanxi Danshui of RMB150m.

The investment is subject to a number of conditions including the transfer of the mining licence, the transfer of the land use rights and the transfer of the cement production licence and, should these conditions be met, profits and legal ownership will pass to the Company, with effect from 31 December 2009.

Longqiao Yaobai is located in Shangluo region, southern Shaanxi and employs modern NCPP technology.

The investment in Longqiao Yaobai is financed by our internal resources.

Commenting on the transaction, Jimin Zhang, WCC's Chief Executive Officer, said:

"Longqiao Yaobai is another exciting opportunity for WCC. This new establishment is part of our strategic expansion plans and its location some 60 kilometers from Shangluo city, to the east of our Xiushan production facility, further enhances our market position in southern Shaanxi. "

WCC's Chairman Robbie Robertson remarked:

"The Longqiao plant is a particularly interesting investment as it serves the local Shangluo market allowing us to increase our market share in rural development projects, which will benefit from the PRC Government's rural stimulus plan aimed at improving livelihoods in rural areas"

Not too much longer to wait :

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201002100700059125G

West China Cement
Proposed Hong Kong Listing
RNS Number : 9125G

Proposed Hong Kong listing

10 February 2010

WCC, a leading cement producer in Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China, is delighted to announce that an application for a listing of the shares of the Company on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("HKEx") was made yesterday, 9 February 2010.

The listing of the Company's shares on the main board of HKEx is subject to, amongst other things, the approval of the listing sub-committee of the board of directors of the HKEx. There will be further announcements to the market as and when appropriate.

News has gone down well. I am hoping for 600p for listing price......some hope for more.

Lets see.

i will concede that this looks to be one of the better chinese stocks, especially with the chinese economy still growing .... however, this is an MM stock only with a pretty wide spread (+/-10p) and low volumes, so caution still a key word

Spread of 1%........not a lot really.

10p = 1%?????

It wanders between 1% and 2%. Last time I looked before it was 1%, now its 2%.