Adelaide Brighton pays special dividend as profit up 20pc to $207.9m
Adelaide Brighton chief executive Martin Brydon said the materials industry is struggling to supply enough concrete for the east coast housing boom after unveiling a 20.4 per cent jump in profit to $207.9 million.
Mr Brydon said record Australian residential construction will ease, but he anticipates the long-awaited infrastructure wave will support sales of cement, concrete, aggregates and other materials and underpin price increases.
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