Mixed 2008 results for Imerys
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Published: Friday, 13 February 2009
Hit by steel and building slump, French group has increased sales but lower income
Leading industrial minerals group, Imerys SA, announced a
1.4% overall increase in sales but a 15.7% decrease in current
operating income for 2008, in what the group called an
“extremely disruptive year”.
Chief executive officer, Gérard Buffière,
said: “The first three quarters were marked by
record...