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Correction: Betolar Plc’s Business Review 1–9/2024: New partnerships in the mining business





Betolar Plc 

Company release 

1 November 2024 at 10:45 a.m. 

Betolar Plc’s Business Review 1-9/2024 (unaudited) 

Correction: Betolar Plc’s Business Review 1–9/2024: New partnerships in the mining business 

CORRECTION: Betolar corrects its earlier Business Review in English. The English version released today at 8:30 a.m. contained an incorrect attachment with technical editing marks. This correction release has the correct PDF attachment. The Finnish version’s attachment was correct.

July–September 2024 in brief 

  • Cash and cash equivalents and short-term fund investments at the end of the period amounted to EUR 10,748 thousand (EUR 14,989 thousand) 

January–September 2024 in brief 

  • Cash and cash equivalents and short-term fund investments at the end of the period amounted to EUR 10,748 thousand (EUR 14,989 thousand) 

Main events in July-September  

  • Betolar successfully completed the directed share issue of 1,960,688 new shares raising EUR 2.35 million. 

  • On 30 August 2024, Ahlström Invest B.V. sold all its shares in Betolar Plc. Consequently, Andreas Ahlström, resigned from the Shareholders’ Nomination Board. Annika Ekman, representative of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, was appointed in his place.  

Main events after the period  

This business review is not an interim report under the IAS 34 standard. The company complies with the half-yearly reporting requirements of the Securities Markets Act and publishes business reviews for the first three and nine months of the year, which present key information and key figures on the company’s strategy and business development. The figures presented in this business review are unaudited. The figures in brackets refer to the corresponding period in the previous year, unless otherwise stated. 

President and CEO Tuija Kalpala 

In July-September 2024, Betolar’s net sales continued to grow and was 65 % higher than in the comparison period. Sales was driven by revenue from customer pilots and NRE projects, as well as license and material revenues from the Geoprime concept. EBITDA clearly increased due to efficiency improvements, although it remained negative. We strengthened our financial position in the third quarter and successfully completed a directed share issue, raising EUR 2 353 thousand. 

During the period, we made progress in refocusing our strategic priorities, which was announced in the spring, towards the side stream activities and mining and metals industry. We continued to develop our side stream activities and focused on commercial customer projects and new research projects. The first analytical services for two new industrial side streams were successfully completed. We targeted the service development on the needs of the mining activities using AI models and the already previously collected high-quality data. The expanded analytics portfolio enables pre-assessment of several industrial side streams, as well as broader recipes and testing, especially in the mining industry.  

Our activities in the mining and metals industry expanded well. We signed Memorandums of Understanding with Norge Mineraler and Latitude 66 Limited. With Norge Mineraler, we will focus on developing sustainable mining solutions for Norway, while we will with Latitude 66 Limited explore sustainable solutions for the Kuusamo cobalt mining project in northern Finland. In addition, we continued to develop low-carbon shotcrete at Outokumpu’s mine in Kemi, where the first pilot project was successfully carried out with our solution. 

We continued to deliver low-carbon concrete solutions to our customers in both Europe and India. Our products passed challenging salt freeze thaw tests, which are essential for the long-term durability and performance of concrete. As a result of these methods, our products are proven to be of even higher quality and durability.  

We are very pleased with this progress and proud of our team’s achievements. This success strengthens our position in the market and gives us the credibility to continue developing and delivering innovative and sustainable concrete solutions to our customers around the world.  

I would like to thank all our staff for their excellent work and dedication to our company. I would also like to thank our customers and partners for their cooperation and for being a frontrunner. Your contribution has been crucial in driving Betolar forward in line with our new strategic focus.  

Key Figures

(EUR thousand, unless otherwise specified) 7–9
2024
7–9 2023 1–9
2024
1–9
2023
1–12
2023
Financial indicators
Net sales 276 167 551 298 515
EBITDA1 -974 -2,625 -4,623 -8,811 -11,181
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term fund investments (at the end of the period)1 10,748 14,989 10,748 14,989 14,315
Operational indicators
Order intake (EUR thousand)1 237 256 732 394 607
Number of new NRE projects1 1 3 6 4 9
Number of new pilot customers1 2 5 4 23 24
Personnel (average number during the financial period) 44 59 49 62 60
  1. Betolar uses certain indicators (EBITDA, cash and cash equivalents and short-term fund investments, order intake, number of new NRE projects and number of new pilot customers) as quarterly indicators of operational profitability and business performance. The definitions and calculation formulas of these indicators can be found in the appendix to the report.  

Financial reporting  

Betolar will publish the following financial reports in 2025: 

The Annual Report for 2024 will be published no later than 5 March 2025. The Annual General Meeting is planned to be held on 27 March 2025. 

Betolar’s financial reports are available on the company’s website at www.betolar.com/investors

Webcast for investors and media  

Betolar will host a live webcast in English for investors and media on 1 November 2024 at 10.00 a.m. Finnish time. The webcast can be followed at https://betolar.videosync.fi/q3-2024. 

During the presentation, President and CEO Tuija Kalpala and CFO Mikko Wirkkala will present Betolar’s business review and other topical issues. A recording of the event and a corresponding presentation in English will be available on Betolar’s investor website later in the day. 

Betolar Plc 

More information 

Tuija Kalpala, President & CEO, Betolar Plc, tuija.kalpala@betolar.com, +358 50 567 6608 

Mikko Wirkkala, CFO, Betolar Plc, mikko.wirkkala@betolar.com, +358 50 458 4190 

Certified Adviser: 

Aktia Alexander Corporate Finance Oy, +358 50 520 4098 

About Betolar 

Betolar Plc is a pioneering Finnish materials technology company driving the green transition in mining and construction. Betolar’s mission is to help reduce CO₂ emissions and the use of virgin natural resources.  

Betolar develops low-carbon and waste-free solutions for the mining and metals industries, and its Geoprime® solution produces i.a. the world’s lowest-emission hollow-core slabs. Betolar’s AI-powered Data Platform turns industrial side streams into value, accelerates solution development and builds global markets for side streams.  

Betolar was founded in 2016 and is domiciled in Kannonkoski, Finland. Betolar is listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market. For more information, visit www.betolar.com   




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