Sri Chakra Cement reported a net loss of INR35.8m (US$515,506) in the quarter ended March 2019 compared to a net profit of INR16.9m in the year-ago quarter.

The company’s sales increased 65.5 per cent to INR498.2m in January-March 2019. In the first three months of 2018 it achieved sales of INR301.1m.

For the full FY18-19 a net loss of INR55.9m was reported (FY17-18: net profit of INR1.2m). Sales advanced 1.7 per cent to INR1.882bn in FY18-19, up from INR1.85bn in the previous year.