Industries Qatar product price drop hits earnings
* Q4 profit falls 65 pct to 570 million riyals* Ninth profit drop in past 11 quarters * Annual profit also down despite record sales volumes (Recasts, adds details) By Matt Smith DUBAI, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Petrochemicals, metals andfertiliser producer Industries Qatar (IQ) blamed lowerproduct prices for an extended earnings slump on Thursday. Although IQ’s sales volumes hit an all-time high, thestate-run firm reported a net profit of 570 million riyals ($157million) for the three month
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