PRAGUE, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Czech lignite miner Severoceske Doly, a unit of power firm CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>, posted a 1.61 billion crown ($71.43 million) net profit for January-September, down from 1.73 billion a year ago.
The company said sales rose to 6.5 billion crowns from 5.95 billion a year ago.
Doly is the country's biggest brown coal miner, a key supplier to CEZ's power stations in north-western Czech Republic. ((Reporting by Jan Lopatka, editing by Rory Channing; prague.newsroom@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: jan.lopatka.reuters.com@reuters.net; +420-224 190 474))
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Keywords: MINERALS CZECH DOLY