Exxaro earnings seen up to 73% higher

[miningmx.com] — Diversified South African-based resources group Exxaro Resources on Thursday said it expected headline earnings per share for the six months to end June 2010 to be between 650c and 700c, representing an increase of between 60% and 73% when compared to the corresponding period in 2009.

Attributable earnings for the first half of 2010 are expected to be between R2 288m and R2 528m.

This equates to attributable earnings per share of between 661c and 731c,
representing an increase of between 64% and 81% when compared to the
corresponding period in 2009.