Lucky Cement’s consolidated profit down 40pc to Rs7.32bn

LAHORE: Lucky Cement Limited on Monday released its financial results for the year ended June 30, 2020 announcing a 40 per cent...

The cement sector’s Goldilocks conundrum

The industry carried out capacity expansion but now the economy has slowed down. What’s next?
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PM reassures builders of all-out cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has reassured the investors in the construction sector that the government is committed to removing any obstacle in...

ECC not to interfere in cement industry, permits them to increase prices

According to the Ministry of Industries and Production, in spite of the high cost of production and higher taxes, the prices of cement in Pakistan were lower than those in India and Sri Lanka

Is the cement sector overvalued?

The cement sector in Pakistan has had its rough spots, but one could always look at the last decade and say, here...

Cement industry registers highest ever dispatches in March

Karachi: Pakistan's cement exports increased by a whopping 85 per cent while recording highest ever dispatches in the month of March, All Pakistan Cement...

Cement does well – again

The construction sector’s lobbying went a long way in the cement industry keeping its head up

KSE-100 index posts 7.8% YoY increase in profit for nine months of 2018

Profitability of KSE-100 index increased by 0.8% YoY during the third quarter of 2018

India’s pet coke ban may prove beneficial for Pakistan’s cement industry

KARACHI: Supreme Court of India has recently upheld the ban on the use of hazardous petroleum coke (pet coke) in and around...

Cement prices increased ahead of FED implementation

LAHORE: Cement makers have increased prices in the northern region by Rs15-20 per bag ahead of the Federal Excise Duty (FED) to...

Cement industry defaults over Rs1.5bn marking fee to PSQCA

---PSQCA approaches Supreme Court against nonpayment of dues by the industry for over a decade ISLAMABAD: As the longstanding issue of marking fee,...

Maple expands in midst of big year for cement 

MLCF now has more than 15% shareholding in Pioneer Cement

Cement industry capacity utilisation touches 95 per cent

According to data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), the industry despatched 4.237 million tonnes of cement in April 2018 that was 17.46 per cent higher than the despatches of 3.576 million tonnes achieved during the corresponding month of last fiscal.

D.G Khan Cement rebuts fake acquisition notification

LAHORE: D.G Khan Cement on Thursday rebutted a notification circulating which claimed a Chinese cement company expressed interest in acquiring 40 percent stake...

Cement prices increase amid low period of demand ahead

LAHORE: Cement makers are taking a seventh consecutive leap of increases in prices, especially in the North, amid a period of low demand ahead,...