Dangote nine-month pretax profit rises 42.5%

Dangote Cement said its pretax profit for the first nine months of 2013 rose 42.5 per cent to NGN151.72bn (US$952m), compared with NGN93bn in the same period last year. Revenue for the period also rose to NGN288.98bn, compared with NGN224.49bn in the same period of 2012.