The net profit of Kuwaiti cement trader Kuwait Portland Cement fell to 4.3m Kuwaiti dinars ($14.7m) in the first nine months of 2005 from 5.1m dinars ($17.4m) in the same period of 2004.  The company registered a slight increase in net profit to 1.2m dinars ($4.1m) for the third quarter of 2005 from 1.1m dinars ($3.8m) for the same period of 2004.  Published under Cement News