Lucky Cement announces capacity expansion of 3.15Mt
Lucky Cement announced to enhance its cement production capacity at its Pezu Plant by 3.15 million tons per annum, to keep pace with the increasing demand in the domestic cement…
Domestic cement dispatches grew by 15.42% during 2017-2018
Pakistan cement industry ended fiscal 2017-18 on a jubilant note, posting yearly growth of 13.84%; with domestic consumption increasing by 15.42% and exports inching up by 1.77% – first time in…
Cement industry capacity utilization touches 95% during first ten months of this fiscal
Bullish trend in cement dispatches continued unabated in April 2018 and buoyancy in exports was an icing on the cake as exports increased for the second month by over 81…
NBP wins eight corporate social responsibility awards
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) bagged eight awards at the two prestigious CSR Summit and Award ceremonies, organized in Karachi and Islamabad respectively. Impressed by NBP's vision and implementation of…
Pakistan: Cement industry capacity utilization touches 99 % in January 2018
Domestic consumption of cement increased by a whopping 37.3 percent in January 2018 on year-on-year basis as the construction activities continued to lead the economy and employment of both skilled…
APCMA: Capacity utilization touches 93% in October 2017
Cement consumption continued to surge in October 2017 as the monthly despatches of the commodity reached a record high of 4.222 million tons, which is 19.71 percent higher than 3.526…
Cement exports declined by 45 percent in May 2017
Uptake of cement in the domestic market accelerated to 10.90 percent in May 2017 while exports continue to mar the performance of the cement sector registering a decline of 44.58…