TORONTO - Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN) reported a big drop in fourth-quarter net earnings compared with a year ago Thursday, partly as a result of the sale of a non-core investment last year that resulted in a $50.5-million gain.
Inmet also recognized after-tax foreign exchange losses of $9 million the most recent quarter in posting earnings attributable to shareholders of $48.1 million or 69 cents per share for the three months ended Dec. 31.
That compared with net earnings of almost $147 million or $2.57 per share in the same year-earlier period.
Sales revenue rose to $241 million from $230 million.