India: JK Lakshmi Cement recorded consolidated sales of US$367m during the first half of its 2023 financial year. The figure corresponds to 19% year-on-year sales growth from US$307m in the first half of the 2022 financial year. Nonetheless, costs growth of 23% to US$338m from US$275m caused the company's net profit to drop by 21% to US$21.5m from US$27.1m.
