Mincon shares rise on 2018 earnings

Shares in Mincon, the Shannon-based supplier to the mining and oil industries, rose 3.5% after it hailed “excellent” 2018 earnings.
However, chief executive Joseph Purcell said that trading in 2019 so far “has been fitful and flat”. He said the group plans “to review the overheads that we have built up with a view to improving efficiency”.