US: Monarch Cement’s net sales fell by 3% year-on-year to US$74.3m in the first half of 2018 from US$76.8m in the same period in 2017. Its net income decreased by 42% to US$4.8m from US$8.23m. The building materials company operates a cement plant at Humboldt, Kansas and a terminal at Des Moines, Iowa.
