Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian cement producer Arabian Cement Company (ACC) has seen its net profit for the first nine months of 2011 surge by 36% year-on-year to US$88.7m.The company attributed the increase in bottom-line figures to rising production and sales volumes but did not give exact figures.
ACC's operating profit jumped by 48.2% to US$96.9m in the first nine months of 2011. For the third quarter of 2011, the company registered a net profit of US$27.9m, an increase of 28.4% year-on-year.