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Maple Leaf Cement Factory sales advance 42% YoY

18 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan’s Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd has reported consolidated sales of PKR17,038m (US$59.9m) in the quarter ended 31 March 2023. This compares to PKR11,990m in the same period a year earlier, marking a YoY increase of 42 per cent. Over the same three months, profit after tax improved from PKR1563m to PKR1875m, while earnings per share (EPS) advanced from PKR1.42 to PKR1.75. Over the nine months ended 31 March 2023, the company saw net sales of PKR47,089m, up from PKR34,091m in the s...

Dandot Cement completes Punjab plant upgrade

13 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Muhammad Kamran, company secretary of Dandot Cement Co Ltd, has stated that commercial production is expected to resume in the first quarter of the next financial year upon completing Balancing the Modernisation of Replacements (BMR) of 504,000t capacity at the Jehlum cement plant in Punjab, Pakistan.   A regulatory filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and the last financial report adds that to meet the legal standards and to avoid any adverse action from Environmental Department, ...

APCMA releases mixed dispatches data for March 2023

06 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Total cement dispatches of Pakistan's cement mills in March 2023 were 3.795Mt against 5.01Mt in the previous fiscal year, representing a fall of 24.2 per cent.     A spokesman of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said that construction activities in both the northern and southern regions of the country have significantly decreased in recent months, which is not only creating an alarming situation for the industry but also drying up the employment opportunities f...

Pakistan cement dispatches down 24% YoY in March

04 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Total cement dispatches (local sales and exports) in Pakistan fell 24 per cent YoY in March to 3.795Mt, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Domestic sales were down 29 per cent YoY to 3.356Mt due to a continued slowdown in construction activities. Exports, meanwhile, saw a 48.5 per cent YoY increase in shipments in March to 438,433t, although for the July 2022-March 2023 period exports were down 35 per cent YoY, reports Dawn.  Over the 9MFY23, total ...

Bestway Cement opens 2.3Mta Mianwali plant

31 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan’s Bestway Cement has begun operations at its greenfield plant in District Mianwali. The plant is Bestway's eighth production line with a cement production capacity of 2.3Mta. The state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly works has its own 9MW waste heat recovery plant and 20MW solar power plant, enabling it to meet over 50 per cent of its energy requirements through green and renewable sources. Bestway is also a leader in water conservation, installing an air cooled conden...

Lucky Cement continues to lead the Pakistan market

29 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Lucky Cement has become the 10th-largest producer in market capitalisation on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and continues to lead the cement industry as the largest cement producer in the country. According to AKD Research, Lucky Cement commissioned its Pezu capacity expansion of 3.15Mta in late December 2022 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a total cement capacity of 15.3Mta, holding its mark as the largest cement producer of Pakistan. Lucky Cement has 10.3Mta of cement capacity in th...

DG Khan Cement completes solar power plant in Punjab

29 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Khalid Chohan, company secretary of DG Khan Cement Co Ltd ( Nishat Group ), informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 27 March 2023 that the company has completed the construction and installation of an on-grid solar power plant of 6.952MW at its site in Khairpur , Chakwal district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.  The plant has a capacity of 2.11Mt and uses mixed power generation. It has a dual fuel power production capacity of 33MW and 12MW of WHR. The project has successfu...

Lucky Cement receives NFEH's 15th Corporate Social Responsibilities Awards 2023 

22 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Lucky Cement Ltd has announced winning the NFEH’s 15th Corporate Social Responsibilities Awards 2023 in the "Green Energy Initiatives" category. This award recognises the company's unwavering commitment to sustainable development and reducing its carbon footprint through the implementation of renewable energy solutions in its operations.  Chief Operating Officer of Lucky Cement Ltd  Amin Ganny, expressed his gratitude for the recognition and reiterated the company's commitment to promoti...

Pakistan cement earns US$117.69m during the 8MFY22-23

21 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Pakistan's cement industry constantly saw a negative to mixed export revenue trend in the 8MFY22-23 (July 2022-February 2023), according to the country’s Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). The country's political and continued economic uncertainty, high business costs and cooling world economy have impacted overseas and local dispatches. Overall, a delay in loan disbursement also hurt the sentiments of cement and other industries. BMA Capital Management Ltd adds that it has been a challengi...

Lucky Cement completes the buyback of shares

21 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Lucky Cement Ltd  ( Yunus Brothers ) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it had completed the buyback of its 10m shares, which began on 29 September 2022, at spot prices prevailing on the PSX during this period. These shares will now be cancelled to improve its “future financial position,” said a bourse filling of 17 March. The company used the funds from its “distributable profits” and utilised its “internally generated cash flows” for the transaction. The soon-to-be-cancelled s...