RIYADH: Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) reported an 86% drop in third-quarter net profit on Sunday after taking an impairment charge of 1.5 billion riyals (US$400mil) on its investment in Swiss chemicals firm Clariant.
SABIC also warned that the new capacity in key product lines that has pressured its prices and margins this year would persist into 2020.
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