Maple Leaf Cement Factory to become the largest player in North
MLCF had signed a contract with Chengdu Design & Research Institute, China, to supply 7,000 metric tons a day (2.1mn tons p.a.) grey clinker line in late March last year,…
MLCF will be operating at an 85-90% capacity utilization
Arif Habib Limited (AHL) arranged a special session of MLCF with its clients and representatives of the investor community, for the company management to shed light on the changing dynamics…
Cement dispatches declined by 4.75 percent in February 2022
Cement dispatches declined by 4.75 percent in February 2022. Total Cement dispatches during February 2022 were 4.36 million tons against 4.57 million tons dispatched during the same month of last…
Pakistan recorded a growth of over ten percent in domestic cement dispatches in November 2021
According to the data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), local cement dispatches by the industry during the month of November2021 were 4.124 million tons compared to 3.742…
Gharibwal Cement expanding its capacity in Pakistan
Gharibwal Cement Limited is implementing an expansion program to augment its capacity. Mr Shamail Javed, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, disclosed it during a corporate briefing session of…
Fauji Cement Company plans Greenfield cement plant in DG Khan
Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that consequent to construction activity picking up and significant spend on infrastructure, expected to continue, the Company's board of…
Kohat Cement Company plans to set up cement plant in Punjab
Kohat Cement Company Ltd in Pakistan announced that Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held today have approved, subject to all regulatory approvals, setting up of 7,800…
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…