Thailand: Siam Cement Group’s sales in the first nine months of 2020 were US$9.73bn, down by 9% year-on-year from US$10.7bn in the first nine months of 2019. Profit rose by 8% to US$891m from US$826m. Its cement and building materials business recorded revenues of US$4.22bn, down by 6% from US$4.49bn. The group attributed this to coronavirus-related lockdown measures. However, its earnings before taxation, interest, depreciation and amortisation (EBTIDA) rose by 9% to US$574m.
