Cemex: July '12
Cemex' 1H turnover declined by 2.1 per cent to US$7373.1m, but the EBITDA did improve by 9.4 per cent to US$1273.2m and the trading profit rose by 40.7 per cent to US$611.9m. Net interest payments were one per cent higher at US$691.5m, giving a pre-tax loss of US$79.5m, a reduction in the loss of 68.3 per cent, and the net attributable loss was halved to US$217.4m.