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Cement’s concrete plans

At record low capacity utilization, trailing somewhere below 53 percent, the cement industry is set to grow profits...

Updated 18 Jul, 2025 09:03am

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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

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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

Budget 2025-26

APCMA for industry-friendly steps thru upcoming budget

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has urged the government to announce industry...

Updated 04 May, 2025 06:58am

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Of delusions of grandeur

Some statements made by industry leaders should come with a trigger warning. So fare warnings, readers: ridiculous...

Published 06 Jan, 2025 08:47am

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Attock: Fresh start?

Despite some investments along the way, Attock cement has been marked with stagnant profitability and growth trends...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 08:03am

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Borrowing without boom

Amid a 15 percent decline in domestic demand, considerably limited utilization of existing capacity, and no major...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 09:01am

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Fecto Cement Limited

Fecto Cement Limited (PSX: FECTC) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1981. The company is...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 08:44am

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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

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LSM: Cement pulls growth back

The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for August 2024 was down 2.65 percent year-and-year and served as an early...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 08:08am

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Cement’s bag of magic tricks

If there is one lesson that Pakistani companies could learn from the cement business, it is how to make money in a...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:28am

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Fauji: Still mid

It’s Fauji’s world and we are all just living in it, pun unintended. By Fauji, we mean Fauji Cement (PSX: FCCL), and...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 08:45am

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Kohat Cement Company Limited

Kohat Cement Company Limited (PSX: KOHC) was established by the State Cement Corporation of Pakistan in 1984. In...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 08:52am

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Cement: No giving up

It’s not just textiles, folks. The cement industry is witnessing an impressive run in expanding its exports to...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 08:58am

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No recovery in sight

Three months into the fiscal year and there doesn’t seem to be any recovery in sight for the construction industry...

Updated 04 Oct, 2024 11:19am

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Cement financials: All is well

The economy may be in dire straits but the cement industry is climbing out of its rut in a rather agreeable fashion....

Published 02 Oct, 2024 09:09am

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DGKC’s long game?

Did you hear the one about DG Khan Cement (PSX: DGKC)’s impressive entry into the United States market via cement...

Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:42am

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MLCF: Slow ascent

In just three years, Mapleleaf Cement (PSX: MLCF) has watched its revenues double, though most of this growth came...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:42am

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Aug cement despatches decline 25.68pc to 3.336m tons YoY

LAHORE: The unprecedented and extremely high tax measures leading to a huge increase in cement prices have caused a...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:04am

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Flying Cement Company Limited

Flying Cement Company Limited (PSX: FLYNG) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1992. The...

Published 31 Oct, 2023 08:31am

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Cherat: Steady does it

Amid an economic downturn, somehow the cement industry is on a financial mend—not that cement companies did not...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 08:02am

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Too soon to call

Last month, this column questioned whether the slow rise in cement offtake was an indicator that there is revival in...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 08:45am

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Cement: Winning hand

There is no denying now that cement offtake is on the mend compared to last year’s bleak outlook and demand side...

Published 09 Oct, 2023 08:51am

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Sept cement despatches decline 3.96pc YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 3.96% in Septmber 2023 as the total despatches during last month stood at ...

Published 04 Oct, 2023 06:20am

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July cement despatches rise 57.44pc to 3.212MT YoY

LAHORE: The first month of the financial year 2023-24 has shown positive trading in the cement sector, where...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

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Feb cement despatches decline 7.10pc to 4.348m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 7.10 percent in Feb 2023 as total despatches remained at 4.040 million tons...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:56am

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	285.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	284.83
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 18	148.81
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 18	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 18	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 18	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Jul 18	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 18	6,296.79
India Sensex / Jul 18	81,757.73
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 18	39,819.11
Nasdaq / Jul 18	20,895.66
Hang Seng / Jul 18	24,825.66
FTSE 100 / Jul 18	8,992.12
Dow Jones / Jul 18	44,342.19
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 18	24,289.51
France CAC40 / Jul 18	7,822.67

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 18	67.34
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 18	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 18	306,584
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 18	3,349.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 18	68.68
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	272.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	284.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Jul 18 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	8.22 ▲ 1 (13.85%)
Abdullah Shah / Jul 18 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	9.41 ▲ 1 (11.89%)
Chenab Ltd / Jul 18 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.64 ▲ 0.99 (11.45%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jul 18 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.67 ▲ 0.36 (10.88%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jul 18 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	10.47 ▲ 1 (10.56%)
Trust Mod. / Jul 18 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	10.72 ▲ 1 (10.29%)
Sitara Peroxide / Jul 18 Sitara Peroxide Limited(SPL)	19.46 ▲ 1.77 (10.01%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 18 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	167.65 ▲ 15.24 (10%)
Bunnys Limited / Jul 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	120.54 ▲ 10.96 (10%)
Pakistan Services / Jul 18 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,216.22 ▲ 110.57 (10%)

Stock	Price
B. F. Modaraba / Jul 18 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	11.32 ▼ -1.26 (-10.02%)
Apna Microfin. / Jul 18 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	12.49 ▼ -1.39 (-10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jul 18 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	34,461.47 ▼ -3829.05 (-10%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 18 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	9.88 ▼ -1.06 (-9.69%)
Pak Datacom / Jul 18 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	243.21 ▼ -25.46 (-9.48%)
ICC Industries / Jul 18 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	13.15 ▼ -1.37 (-9.44%)
Kohat Textile / Jul 18 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	63.20 ▼ -6.54 (-9.38%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jul 18 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	10 ▼ -1 (-9.09%)
D.M. Corporation / Jul 18 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	41.01 ▼ -4.08 (-9.05%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	102.70 ▼ -9.58 (-8.53%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Jul 18 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	53,113,672 ▲ 0.05
First Dawood Prop. / Jul 18 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	42,000,846 ▼ -0.07
Ghani Chemworld / Jul 18 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	31,782,721 ▲ 0.2
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,837,994 ▲ 0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,860,330 ▼ -0.03
Askari Bank / Jul 18 Askari Bank Limited(AKBL)	19,960,215 ▲ 1.22
B.O.Punjab / Jul 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	18,705,405 ▼ -0.32
Chenab Ltd / Jul 18 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	12,945,948 ▲ 0.99
DH Partners / Jul 18 DH Partners Limited(DHPL)	11,461,194 ▲ 2.41
Cnergyico PK / Jul 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	11,055,462 ▼ -0.11

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