TABLE-Aluminium du Maroc 2006 net profit falls 23 pct
March 29 (Reuters) - Results for the twelve months to Dec. 31, 2006 (in millions of Moroccan dirhams):
2005 2006 Pct change
Turnover 377.1 487.3 +29
Operating profit 55.0 27.8 -49
Net profit 44.6 34.4 -23
NOTE - Moroccan aluminium products maker Aluminium du Maroc
(ALU.CS) is majority-controlled by Morocco's Groupe El Alami.
Alcan AL.TO is the second-biggest shareholder, while 20
percent of the company is available for trade on the Casablanca
stock exchange.
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