Cement News tagged under: DG Khan Cement

RSS feed

Cement factories offer water solution to Supreme Court

09 May 2018, Published under Cement News

The Suo Motu case against Bestway-I, Bestway-II, DG Khan cement factories and Dandot Cement Co in Pakistan on the Shri Kates Raj Temple Pond issue seems to be wrapped, as the Supreme Court on 8 May, has received a proposal from the cement factories that they would find an alternative water source and pay for the water they use until then, local media reports. In November last year, the Supreme Court had taken notice of reports that the pond in the Katas Raj temple complex in Punjab was d...

Supreme Court of Pakistan issues notice to several companies

06 April 2018, Published under Cement News

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued notices to several cement factory owners to appear on 20 April, with regards to clarifying their position on the drying out of the Shiri Katas Raj Temple Pond. The pond has allegedly been depleted due to the operation of cement plants in the area, which may have removed the underground water. The court has requested the companies involved to develop a solution to the issue. In a previous hearing of the case, directives were issued to Bestway-I, ...

DG Khan Cement sees net profit fall by 17% in 1HFY18

21 February 2018, Published under Cement News

DG Khan Cement (DGKC) of Pakistan has announced that its net profit for the 1HFY18 fell by 17 per cent YoY to PKR4.50bn (US$40.6m). Despite an increase in total net sales of seven per cent to PKR15.76bn, the company's profit  reportedly declined due to increase in the cost of sales.   According to a company bourse filing on Tuesday, the company incurred a distribution cost of PKR460m and administrative expense of PKR296m compared to PKR505m and PKR261m, respectively in 1H16/17. The fina...

DG Khan victim of fake news social media story

15 December 2017, Published under Cement News

DG Khan Cement Co Ltd asks for an investigation into fake news item that alleged it was selling company shares in a cement plant to Anhui Conch. The Pakistan cement producer informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that a letter titled "material information" stating permission of due diligence to Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd, China for acquiring 40 per cent shares of DG Khan Cement Co Ltd was a fabricated document circulated on social media/WhatsApp.  DG Khan Cement has neither issued any ...

DG Khan raises profits by 49% in 1QFY18

19 October 2017, Published under Cement News

DG Khan Cement Factory Ltd (DGKC) announced its 1QFY18 financial results on 18 October, posting a profit after tax of PKR2.83bn (US$26.8m) against PKR1.9bn earned in the corresponding quarter a year ago. This translates a growth of 49 per cent in profit on YoY basis, according to the company's notification to Pakistan Stock Exchange. Revenue rose to PKR7.5bn, up by 14 per cent YoY, primarily due to higher local dispatches. The company incurred administrative expense of PKR149m, and selling ...

Pakistan's local dispatches expected to grow at 3% in September

29 September 2017, Published under Cement News

Experts foresee that total cement sales in September 2017 to observe a decline of two per cent YoY to clock in at 3Mt. Out of which, exports are likely to depict a downward trajectory, dropping by 26 per cent YoY to 387,000t while local dispatches are expected to grow three per cent YoY to 2.6Mt. According to estimates of local research house, region wise distribution suggests that domestic sales during September in the north and south registered growth of five per cent YoY to 2.2Mt and ...

DG Khan Cement's unconsolidated FY17 net profit falls 9% YoY

20 September 2017, Published under Cement News

DG Khan Cement (DGKC) of Pakistan announced unconsolidated FY17 net profit after tax of PKR7.97bn, down nine per cent YoY basis. The company also declared final cash dividend of PKR7.50/share, complying with 40 per cent mandatory payouts. According to a bourse filing, the company also renewed a working capital loan of PKR1bn to Nishat Hotels and Properties, an associate concern. Company total sales stood at PKR30.13bn during this period against PKR 9.70bn of FY16. The company incur...

Loesche updates on DG Khan grinding orders, Pakistan

03 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Loesche has provided an update on its order to supply Pakistan producer DG Khan Cement Company with three grinding mills for its new 9000tpd clinker line in Hub in Balochistan province. The contract comprises one 654tph raw material mill for raw meal with COPE drive technology, one 445tph cement mill for OPC with a COPE drive as well as a 66tph coal mil. The raw mill, with 1050tph nominal capacity, will be the biggest raw material mill in the world, Loesche highlighted.  “With this project...

Pakistan: capacity expansion projects reach 27.3Mta

09 March 2017, Published under Cement News

Pakistani cement producers have been announcing capacity expansions at a breakneck pace of late, reports the Business Recorder, which calculates that if all of these are completed the country’s nominal cement production capability will rise by 62 per cent to 72Mta. The Business Recorder also notes that the rise in capacity is broad-based, with all but the smallest of firms increasing their production potential. While the three largest producers – Bestway, Lucky and DG Khan – will remai...

Pakistan: gas price reduction to benefit cement manufacturers

28 November 2016, Published under Cement News

The Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Mohammed Ishaq Dar, approved a gas price reduction at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC). The decision will see prices fall from PKR600 to PKR400/mBTU. Lucky Cement, DG Khan Cement and Maple Leaf Cement, each of which operate captive gas-fired power facilities, are set to benefit from the decision with the impact on profitability estimated at 4.1 per cent, 1.6 per cent and 1.2 per cent, respectively.