Exxaro warns of 20% slump in FY earnings

30th January 2014 By: Natalie Greve - Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

Exxaro warns of 20% slump in FY earnings

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa-based diversified resources company Exxaro expects its consolidated net operating profit and attributable earnings per share for the year ended December 31 to show a year-on-year decrease of more than 20%, chiefly owing to the nonrecurring profit on the sale of subsidiaries and other noncore assets during 2012. 

“Exxaro is not in a position at this stage to provide more specific guidance,” it said on a trading statement on Thursday.

The company would release its reviewed financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013, on March 6.