First carbon capture cement facility opens in Norway BREVIK (Norway): Norway on Wednesday inaugurated the first large-scale facility for capturing carbon dioxide... Published 19 Jun, 2025 07:37am
Business & Finance KP govt, cement industry agree to increase cement royalty PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and cement industry have agreed on increasing cement royalty per ton ... Published 06 Jun, 2025 06:10am
BR Research Wooing Attock Attock Cement’s Lebanese owners want out, and the market is buzzing with interest. As a mid-sized cement plant,... Updated 03 Jun, 2025 07:57am
Business & Finance Meeting of Cement & Clinker Export Task Force held ISLAMABAD: In a significant move to enhance the competitiveness of Pakistan’s cement and clinker exports, the... Published 24 May, 2025 07:39am
Business & Finance Cement distribution sector: LCCI urges FBR to withdraw SROs LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mian Abuzar Shad has urged the Federal Board of... Published 14 May, 2025 06:50am
BR Research Cement: Not a sprint The third quarter of the fiscal year FY25 reveals why the cement business is working so remarkablywell for some... Updated 12 May, 2025 07:34am
BR Research Cement’s weak wins From a market perspective, this has been an underwhelming year for the construction industry and materials... Updated 07 May, 2025 08:30am
BR Research Cement’s: Bright spots There is much cause for celebration for cement companies whose combined earnings, after accounting for tax, has more... Updated 02 May, 2025 07:59am
Print APCMA, cement cos: CAT asked to annul Rs6.35bn CCP penalty ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has appealed the Competition Appellate Tribunal... Updated 25 Apr, 2025 08:44am
BR Research Cement: Holding pattern The grapevine has gone suspiciously quiet on the housing policy front. Only a few months ago, the Shahbaz government... Published 10 Apr, 2025 08:46am
Business & Finance March local cement despatches decline 11.31pc YoY LAHORE: All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association has claimed that local cement despatches by the industry ... Published 06 Apr, 2025 05:44am
BR Research Thatta Cement Company Limited Thatta Cement Company Limited (PSX: THCCL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1980. The... Published 28 Mar, 2025 07:10am
BR Research Big fish, small fish Cement companies are well-fed. Evidently, they weren’t just handed a fish for the day. They learned how to fish,... Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:56am
BR Research Cement demand drag Yet again, the power of prices (a few other factors) has enabled cement companies to turn over impressive profits... Published 10 Mar, 2025 07:06am
Business & Finance Feb cement despatches rise 6.82pc to 3.065m tons YoY LAHORE: Domestic cement deliveries that, after many months of negative momentum, showed a month-over-month increase... Published 05 Mar, 2025 02:51am
BR Research Cement earnings persevere The cement industry is returning to past financial glories in the first half of FY25, despite construction demand... Published 04 Mar, 2025 07:16am
BR Research Power Cement Limited Power Cement Limited (PSX: POWER) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1981 and was... Published 27 Feb, 2025 07:57am
BR Research Idle kilns Successive policy rate cuts since Jun-24 should send manufacturers in a production spree except demand is fairly... Published 26 Feb, 2025 07:42am
BR Research Flying Cement Company Limited Flying Cement Company Limited (PSX: FLYNG) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1992. The... Published 11 Feb, 2025 08:48am
Business & Finance Jan cement despatches soar 11.64pc to 3.313m tons YoY LAHORE: Local cement despatches by the industry during January 2025 were recorded at 3.313 million tons compared to... Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:26am
BR Research The second coming Turns out, the colossal failure of the Naya Pakistan Housing Plan (NPHP) wasn’t very obvious to policymakers and... Published 03 Feb, 2025 08:51am
BR Research Cement price breather Cement and steel rebar manufacturers may share the same clients, as they both serve the construction industry, but... Published 29 Jan, 2025 07:51am
BR Research It’s tepid times for cement Every month, the cement manufacturers association shares the industry’s volumetric sales for public consumption, and... Published 06 Dec, 2024 08:48am
Business & Finance Marginal increase in domestic cement despatches in November LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 5.58% in November 2024. Total cement despatches during November 2024 were... Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am
BR Research Pioneer: Waiting for demand Pioneer Cement has a game plan and it involves expansions. To some, this may come across as surprising because... Published 02 Dec, 2024 08:43am
BR Research Cement: Of veiled truths and open secrets Significant journalistic hours have been spent lauding the financial performance of cement companies in this column,... Updated 30 Nov, 2024 10:52am
BR Research Cement: Redefining the game There is nothing particularly surprising about the cement industry making reasonable earnings amid a demand drought.... Published 20 Nov, 2024 08:47am
BR Research Cement: No cracks in profitability It appears that the fate of the cement industry is no longer tied to how strongly the companies perform on volumes.... Published 18 Nov, 2024 08:41am
BR Research ‘Concrete’ challenges continue Cement’s dispatch numbers for October (roughly 4.36 million tons) are rosier than expected, up nearly 9 percent year... Published 07 Nov, 2024 07:27am
Business & Finance Oct cement dispatches register 8.74pc increase YoY LAHORE: Cement dispatches, both local and export, showed an increase of 8.74 percent during October 2024, when these... Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am