Diversified logistics group Grindrod said profit for the year to end-December more than doubled as the global economic recovery and demand for commodities led to record volumes at its ports and terminals businesses.

Core headline earnings soared 166% from a year earlier to R886m as exports of minerals and commodities mining surged with the easing of pandemic-induced restrictions on trade, the JSE-listed company said in a statement on Thursday...

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