India: In the first quarter of the Indian financial year, which began on 1 April 2022, Orient Cement recorded sales of US$89.5m, up by 3.3% year-on-year from US$86.6m in the first quarter of the 2022 financial year. The producer’s costs rose by 18% to US$82.2m from US$69.7m, which caused its net profit to drop by 58% to US$4.69m from US$11.2m.
