Article: Bangkok Post, Thailand, business briefs column.(Column)

Nov. 15--PADAENG PROFIT UP 113 PERCENT: Padaeng Industry Plc has reported a consolidated net profit of 232.29 million baht in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 113 percent from the same period of last year.

Nine-month net profit rose 181 percent year-on-year to 1.24 billion baht.

The company attributed the improved performance to higher zinc prices over the nine months to Sept 30, averaging $2,966 per tonne, or 129 percent higher than in the same period last year. The average zinc price in the third quarter rose further to $3,363 per tonne.

Sales in the third quarter reached 21,887 tonnes, receding after the surprisingly good ...

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