Pretoria Portland Cement advised on Friday that following better than expected trading conditions during September 2011, its earnings per share and headline earnings per share for the year ended September 2011 are expected to be between 21% and 24% lower than the previous corresponding period.

In a trading statement on 20 September, PPC previously advised that EPS and HEPS were expected to be between 25% and 30% lower than the previous corresponding period.

PPC will release its annual results on 8 November.