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S.Africa's Harmony Gold half-year profit up 18%

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By Reuters
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March 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's Harmony Gold on Wednesday posted an 18% increase in half-year profit, boosted by higher metal grades and prices.


Harmony's headline earnings per share (HEPS) - the most common profit measure in South Africa - were 2.93 rand
($0.1603) in the six months to Dec. 31, compared with 2.48 rand in the same period of the previous financial year.


($1 = 18.2836 rand) (Reporting by Nelson Banya; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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