The London-listed company may also see averageproduction dip this year with the upper end of its forecasted range barelyahead of last year’s number.
Net profit for the 12 months to the end ofDecember was $216.1 million, well down on the $666.2 million taken in 2012.
Sales went from $2.34 billion to $2.65 billionwhile costs soared from $999.3 million to $1.21 billion.
The result was somewhat skewed, however, bythe inclusion in the 2012 result of a $701 million gain on the $3.3