Macarthur Coal Limited’s
(ASX:MCC) full year net profit has jumped 93 per cent to $241.4 million, coming in at the lower end of its guidance.
The Queensland focused coal miner’s result was boosted by higher prices for its products and its sale of a 20 per cent stake in the Middlemount coal mine to Gloucester Coal Limited
(ASX:GCL).
Macarthur recently received a $4.7 billion takeover bid from Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal which the bidders took hostile earlier this month.
Macarthur has today advised that it is continuing discussions with a number of interested parties in relation to alternative proposals.
A final fully franked dividend of 16 cents has been declared, taking the full year payout to 40 cents per share.
