Kohat Cement receives credit for new 7800tpd line

Kohat Cement Co Ltd has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange Ltd that a letter of credit for setting up 7800tpd grey cement line has been established.

On 6 June 2017 Kohat Cement Co had decided to set up a new 7800tpd cement production line at its existing Kohat plant in Punjab province, along with a waste heat recovery (WHR) power plant.
 
The company currently has a capacity of 2.8Mta of grey cement and 150,000tpa of white cement.

The company dispatched 2.08Mt (2016: 2.09Mt) of cement during the FY2017, including exports of 0.119Mt (2016: 0.203Mt). Grey cement lines operated at 76.25 per cent capacity utilisation during the year under review (2016: 75.58 per cent).