The company’s overall revenue stood at RON197.2 million and its operating margin (EBITDA) rose 7%.
Despite a significant increase in costs with the payment of royalties to the state budget, with the amount being over sevenfold higher than the amount paid in the same period a year before, the estimated gross financial result was RON58 million, above the level budgeted for this period. Salrom paid RON960,000 in royalties to the state budget in in the first half of 2017 and RON7.31 million in the first half of 2018.
The company has an investment program of RON54,3 million for 2018, and the amount envisaged for the first half of 2018 stood at RON8.3 million.
Salrom is 51% owned by the state and 49% by investment fund Fondul Proprietatea S.A.
It owns seven salt mines: Praid, Targu Ocna, Slanic Prahova, Cacica, EM Valcea, Ocna Dej and Ocna Mures.