Cement: Cuts and scrapes A 3 percent increase in sales may seem inconsequential, signaling weakness, but for the cement industry, a combined... Published 10 Jun, 2024 08:23am
BR Research Cement: Nary a sign of growth Latest recorded offtake for May 24 shows a marked improvement in dispatches, and not just that in the exports... Published 06 Jun, 2024 07:08am
BR Research Cement’s sweltering summer Exports may be saving the day for many cement manufacturers in FY24. The cement exports share in the total sales mix... Published 31 May, 2024 09:06am
BR Research Cement prices: up or down? Latest reports suggest cement prices across markets have surged by Rs20-30 per bag. This is despite no visible... Published 22 May, 2024 06:30am
BR Research Cement: No steam Stalled projects, cuts in funding, delayed approvals and a tanking economy rang warning bells for the cement... Published 14 May, 2024 09:27am
BR Research Pioneer Cement Limited Pioneer Cement Limited (PSX: PIOC) was set up as a public limited company in 1986. With its plants located in... Published 05 Apr, 2024 09:36am
BR Research Cement: Retracing steps Last week, our analysis of the financial statements of 15 cement companies showed that the first half of the fiscal... Published 02 Apr, 2024 07:30am
BR Research Cement prices: End of an era? Here’s the thing: despite yawningly weak demand that is only becoming weaker every month, the financial success of... Published 27 Mar, 2024 06:59am
BR Research Cement: No shrinkage yet To say that the cement industry has managed to come out of the first half of the fiscal year 2024—a very tough... Published 20 Mar, 2024 06:37am
BR Research Cement: Out of proportion Looking at February’s dispatches, cement industry may kick off the final lap of the fiscal year FY24 in a fix. With... Published 18 Mar, 2024 08:14am
BR Research Pioneer: Flying colours It was finally time for shareholders of a certain cement company to dip into the company’s profits. In 2QFY24,... Published 05 Mar, 2024 09:04am
Business & Finance Feb cement despatches fall 19.22pc to 3.26MT YoY LAHORE: Cement industry has urged the new government to start pending public sector development projects to provide... Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am
BR Research DGKC: Rise and fall As a major player in the cement industry with plants located in both the north and south zones, if DG Khan Cement... Published 28 Feb, 2024 09:11am
BR Research Keeping up with Kohat That construction across the industry is significantly constrained is not quite reflecting in the financial... Published 15 Feb, 2024 08:32am
BR Research Attock Cement Pakistan Limited Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (PSX: ACPL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1981. The... Published 14 Feb, 2024 08:44am
BR Research Cement’s count down No amount of mental gymnastics and premeditation can prepare an economy for the political uncertainty and mayhem... Published 13 Feb, 2024 09:04am
BR Research Thank the Lucky stars! Earnings that double in a year are not too shabby for any company when an economy is floundering. For Lucky Cement... Published 30 Jan, 2024 09:05am
BR Research Cement: Sizing it up Though still trailing above Rs1200, average cement price across Pakistan in the last recorded week (of Jan 19) has... Published 23 Jan, 2024 09:03am
BR Research Cement: Staying alert FY23 wasn’t a great year for the cement industry, whether it was the considerable reduction in offtake, both to... Published 19 Jan, 2024 09:30am
BR Research Cement prices: Damned if you don’t Despite an inactive market, and uncertain demand dynamics within the construction industry, cement off-take took off... Published 18 Dec, 2023 07:18am
BR Research Fecto Cement Limited Fecto Cement Limited (PSX: FECTC) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1981. The company is... Published 13 Dec, 2023 09:00am
BR Research Cement: Fresh strategies After an unusual year that was FY23, the cement industry is settling back into its historic trend of balancing out... Published 11 Dec, 2023 06:52am
BR Research Cement: Hold fast! Propelled uncharacteristically by vibrant exports, total cement offtake for country’s cement manufacturers combined... Published 08 Dec, 2023 08:47am
Markets Cherat Packaging to sell papersack Line V for $4.7mn Cherat Packaging Limited (CPPL), a supplier of packaging material to the country’s cement industry, has agreed to... Published 06 Dec, 2023 11:47am
BR Research Cement: Checking expectations Despite a month-on-month downtick in cement industry dispatches during Oct-23 which is likely seasonal in nature, in... Published 14 Nov, 2023 08:21am
BR Research Cement: Pricing it in Last week, cement prices stood close to Rs1200 per cement bag. Over the past 20 days, average cement price rose by... Published 15 Aug, 2023 08:24am
BR Research Hold your breath Cement kilns in the country are cooling down, and yet, industry-wide cement sales to domestic and foreign markets... Published 11 Aug, 2023 08:28am
BR Research Unrelentingly Lucky Nothing, not even an economy knee-deep into multiple crises would put a dampener on Lucky Cement’s (PSX: LUCK)... Published 09 Aug, 2023 08:34am
BR Research Coal cooling down Coal demand has remained subdued amid weaker recovery in industrial activity worldwide, especially China, which has... Published 03 Jul, 2023 10:10am
Pakistan Economic Survey 2022-23: Pakistan’s performance explained through graphs The government of Pakistan presented the Economic Survey 2022-23 on Thursday. Business Recorder summarises the... Published 08 Jun, 2023 09:57pm
Budget 2024-25 updates: Pakistan targets 3.6% growth, 38% higher FBR taxes as Aurangzeb presents proposals