Lafarge Africa pre-tax profit up 13% in H1 2015

Lafarge Africa has reported a pre-tax profit of NGN 29.72 billion (€136.03 million/US$149.33 million) in the first half of 2015, up 13% from the corresponding period of 2014. Sales were up 12.0% to NGN 116.7 billion, while finance and investment income more than doubled to NGN 3.5 billion.
July 31, 2015 Read time: 1 min

725 Lafarge Africa has reported a pre-tax profit of NGN 29.72 billion (€136.03 million/US$149.33 million) in the first half of 2015, up 13% from the corresponding period of 2014.

Sales were up 12.0% to NGN 116.7 billion, while finance and investment income more than doubled to NGN 3.5 billion.

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