Southern Cement forecasts rise in quarterly profit, Saudi Arabia

Southern Cement forecasts rise in quarterly profit, Saudi Arabia
20 June 2011


Southern Province Cement Co, Saudi Arabia’s biggest cement producer by market value, said second- quarter profit will rise an estimated 28 per cent to SAR237m (US$63m) from SAR185m in the year-earlier period.

Sixth-month earnings per share are estimated at SAR3.31, compared with the SAR2.68 during the year-earlier period, the company said in a statement on the Saudi bourse website today.

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