News: NHC New Hope posts HY net profit from last year's net loss

March 22 (Reuters) - New Hope Corporation Ltd (NHC) :

• Directors have declared a fully franked interim dividend of 2.0 cents per

  share

• HY revenue from ordinary activities $229.4 million versus $269.1 million
• Outlook for Asian seabourne thermal coal markets are starting to show signs

  of stabilizing

• Net profit after tax and non-regular items for HY 2016 $2.7 million compared

  with net loss after tax of $23.1 million in prior corresponding period

• New hope corporation -" the second half of this 2016 financial year will be

  one of significant growth in attributable tonnes sold and sales revenue "