Pakistan: start-up of second Cherat production line

Cherat Cement Factory's Line 2 with a cement capacity of 4500tpd formally started production on 31 October 2016. The construction of the second line began in 2014 and has been completed within two years, said a senior manager at the factory.

Cherat Cement is a a Ghulam Faruque Group (GFG) company and its existing 3200tpd line has been operational since 1985. The plant is located at Lakrai village, district Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Due to plant’s geographical position in the northeast of the country, it is ideally located to export cement to Afghanistan as well as to meet local market requirements.