August 31 (SeeNews) - Slovenian lender Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor (NKBM), recently privatised by Apollo Global Management and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), said on Wednesday its consolidated net profit more than doubled to 29.3 million euro ($32.6 million) in the first half from 12.3 million euro in the same period last year on the back of lower impairments.