Assore Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended December 31, 2012. The company announced based on the trading conditions, earnings for the six months ended 31 December 2012 are anticipated to decline to between ZAR 1,035 million and ZAR 1,145 million compared to ZAR 2,129 million recorded in the first half of the previous financial year. The lower level of earnings are anticipated to reduce attributable earnings per share and headline earnings per share for the six months ended 31 December 2012 to between ZAR 10.03 and ZAR 11.09 per share, from ZAR 19.78 per share and ZAR 19.21 per share respectively for the six months ended 31 December 2011.