Saudi Cement Company, Saudi Arabia's largest cement producer, said third-quarter profit fell 9.2 percent to miss analysts' forecasts, due to a decline in export revenues and increase in production costs. Saudi Cement made a net profit of SR144.7 million in the three months to September 30 against SR159.4 million in the year-earlier period, it said in a statement on the Saudi bourse website. Nine month profit fell to SR489.6 million compared to SR517.9 million.
