China Tianrui Group Cement has announced that its profit attributable to owners rose 238.6 per cent YoY for the full-year 2017 period, increasing to CNY1bn (US$158.47m) from CNY295.8m.

Revenue advanced 40.1 per cent on the previous year, reaching CNY8.42bn. Gross profit grew by 58 per cent YoY to CNY2.40bn, while the gross profit margin rose to approximately 28.5 per cent. This has been attributed to a greater increase in cement and clinker prices than in production costs.