mexico citymexican cement and construction materials company cemex sab de cv swung to a profit in the third quarter with revenue rising on higher prices but increased costs cutting into operating gains the monterreybased company reported net profit of 494 million in the julyseptember period compared with a loss of 376 million in the yearearlier quarter that was affected by a 500 million impairment charge lower financial expenses also contributed to the higher profit which was equivalent to 18 cents an american depositary share revenue grew 7 to 396 billion while operating profit fell 19 to 363 million and earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization fell 10 to 649 million doubledigit price increases in all regions lifted revenue but stubbornly high inflation and supply chain headwinds have delayed our ability to regain margins cemex said cement sales by volume fell 7 to 157 million metric tons while ready mix concrete and aggregates volumes were each up 2 to 128 million cubic meters and 362 million metric tons respectively cemex said it expects ebitda of about 27 billion for 2022 down from 286 billion in 2021 previously the company had been projecting lowtomid singledigit ebitda growth for this year