Lead & Zinc Complex booked 9.937 mln leva loss for the first nine months of 2008, compared to 21.23 mln leva profit posted fir the year-ago period.

The company generated 134.737 mln leva revenue as at September 30, 2008, while the net sales revenue and the financial revenue came to 129.473 mln leva and 5.264 mln leva, respectively.

The net sales revenenue declined by 57.361 mln leva compared to the first nine months of 2007, which may be put down mainly to the lower metals prices.

Exports accounted for 90.79% of the sales revenue of the company as at September 30, 2008.

The costs of the company amounted to 144.677 mln leva for the period. Production costs accounted for 136.560 mln leva of the figure, while the financial costs stood at 8.117 mln leva.

The production costs of the company have dropped by 25.589 mln leva compared to the first nine months of 2007, which may be put down to the value of the processed raw materials and the improved efficiency.

The equity capital of the company stood at 57.569 mln leva as at September 30, 2008, while the issued capital amounted to 8,413,360 leva.

Intertrust Holding BG is the majority owner of Lead & Zinc Complex.

The last deal on the position of the company was sealed at a price of 12.49 leva per share.