Yen Bai Cement and Minerals JSC said it made a loss of VND15.44bn (US$742,300) in the first nine months of this year, compared to a loss of VND8.63bn in the same period of last year.

Revenues rose 3.07 per cent on year to VND246.45bn in Jan-Sept, YBC said in its quarterly financial report.

In 3Q, YBC suffered a loss of VND1.85bn on revenues of VND84.66bn, versus VND5.94bn and VND84.36bn in the 3Q11, respectively.