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Athi River pretax profit rises, Kenya

28 March 2012, Published under Cement News

Kenya-based firm, Athi River Mining, posted a 23 per cent rise in 2011 pretax profit to KES1.36bn (US$16.4m), the company said while net profit came in at KES1150m. Turnover rose 37 per cent to KES8.2bn while cement sales increased 72 per cent helped by the commissioning of new capacities which came on-stream in late 2010. EBITDA rose 31 per cent from KES1.6bn in 2010 to KES2.2bn last year but operating margins were down two per cent in 2011 mainly due to the “rapid increases in cost of...