were also higher, but these are investments into the future competitiveness of the company. On the upside we expect to see some of the variable cost pressure, notably fuel, to ease in the following
decreased by -6% as a focus on optimizing costs has shown good progress. On the variable cost side fuel costs were higher than in the same period last year and also in fixed costs related to production
synergies of the acquisition contributed to the growth in revenue while variable cost synergies (particularly on fuel specific consumption optimization) contributed positively to consolidated EBITDA
optimizing costs has shown good progress. This will continue as the impact from the integration of Saraburi Quicklime has an effect. On the variable cost side fuel costs were higher than in the same period
employee incentive programs. On the variable cost side fuel costs were higher than in the same period last year and also in fixed costs related to production maintenance cost increased due to the earlier
variable based on number of block hours. For the six-month period, fuel costs escalated from 1,500.9 million baht in 2016 to 2,140.1 million baht in 2017 which were accounted for 16.4 percent and 19.7
. Fuel Costs: fuel costs are variable based on number of block hours. For year 2016 and year 2017, fuel costs were 3,093.9 million baht and 4,264.7 million baht which were accounted for 18.0 percent and
year 2018, costs of sales and services were accounted for 84.5 percent and 84.3 percent of total operating expenses. Fuel Costs: fuel costs are variable based on number of block hours. For year 2017 and
, costs of sales and services were accounted for 82.9 percent and 84.5 percent of total expenses respectively. Fuel Costs: fuel costs are variable based on number of block hours. For the six-month period