Cement: Local demand holds the fort Updated 12 Aug, 2026 07:22am Pakistan’s cement industry entered FY27 with domestic demand doing the heavy lifting. Total dispatches increased 6...
Cement FY26: Domestic demand takes the lead Updated 31 Jul, 2026 08:26am Pakistan’s cement industry closed FY26 on a firmer footing. Total dispatches reached 50.58 million tons, up 7.6...
Cement finds its footing, but not its stride Updated 01 Jul, 2026 06:38am Pakistan’s cement industry is ending FY26 on a firmer footing. Total dispatches are estimated to reach just over 50...
Cement: Margins squeeze becomes clearer Updated 10 Jun, 2026 07:18am Pakistan’s cement sector is set to close FY26 with its strongest volume performance in several years, but perhaps...
Cement’s long shadow Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am Pakistan’s cement industry is enjoying a return to growth. After three years of subdued activity, total cement...
FCC questions Punjab’s royalty levy on cement decision Updated 04 Jun, 2026 09:20am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) expressed concern over the Punjab government’s decision to change...
Cement: Growth meets margin pressure Published 11 May, 2026 05:59am Cement industry sees 10% volume growth but flat profits, as soft prices and cost pressures erode margins, testing future pricing discipline.
Cement industry: CCP flags three decades of cartelisation concerns Updated 04 May, 2026 08:55am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s cement industry has, for over three decades, remained at the centre of repeated cartelisation...
CCP identifies key drivers behind rising cement prices Published 28 Apr, 2026 08:24am ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has identified heavy taxation, regulatory distortions, and...
CCP calls for reforms in cement sector to address market distortions Published 27 Apr, 2026 04:02pm The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has released a report titled “Competition Assessment Study of the...
Cement: Rising risks Updated 06 Apr, 2026 06:09am Even as the global macroeconomic environment grows increasingly volatile, the cement industry’s performance in the...
KP CM approves proposal to convert waste into fuel Published 18 Mar, 2026 04:35am PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, has approved a proposal to convert municipal...
Cement financials remain flat Published 26 Feb, 2026 04:57am Though cement sector entered FY26 with renewed momentum with a glorious jump in earnings in 1QFY26 aided by higher...
Maple Leaf Cement acquires 88.28% stake in Pioneer Cement, gains control Updated 23 Feb, 2026 12:28pm Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (MLCF) has acquired control of Pioneer Cement Limited (PIOC) after completing a...
Cement: Revival at home ground Updated 19 Feb, 2026 09:25am For the first time in five years, average monthly domestic demand for cement is growing. Industry data shows that...
Large-Scale Manufacturing posts 4.82% growth in July–December Updated 18 Feb, 2026 09:10am ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector recorded a growth of 4.82 percent in the first half...
BR RESEARCH: Cement: Ahead of demand Updated 26 Jan, 2026 09:08am Pakistan’s cement industry is finally selling more at home, exporting less abroad (though not by choice) and as a...
Large Scale Manufacturing up 6% year-on-year Updated 17 Jan, 2026 05:18pm Automobile, petroleum, garments and cement sectors in particular performed well
Cement manufacturers: FY25 Federal Excise Duty collection rises 101.8% YoY: FBR Updated 26 Dec, 2025 07:36am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reported an increase of 101.8 percent in collection of Federal...
Attock Cement takeover: KAPCO, Fauji Cement extend deadline Published 27 Nov, 2025 06:02am KARACHI: The planned takeover of Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (ACPL) by Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) and...
BR RESEARCH: LSM finally wakes up from slumber Updated 20 Nov, 2025 07:26am The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) seems to be finally waking up from the slumber. Data for September 2025 shows...
Consolidate or die trying Updated 17 Nov, 2025 01:19pm Before the ink on the Fauji’s Attock acquisition (read: “Grey matters”, Nov 12) could even dry, Mapleleaf...
Cement sector leads rally Published 14 Nov, 2025 06:12am KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) maintained its bullish trajectory on Thursday, with the benchmark index...
Shaking off Published 06 Nov, 2025 06:14am Pakistan’s cement industry may be staging a quiet comeback. Four months into FY26, total cement offtake has ...
Cement industry: APCMA demands govt take export-friendly measures Published 04 Nov, 2025 05:55am LAHORE: Expressing concern over the decline in exports for the last two consecutive months, the All Pakistan Cement...
Fauji Cement, KAPCO to jointly acquire majority stake in Attock Cement Published 03 Nov, 2025 01:04pm Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to jointly acquire a...
Mixed fortunes Updated 03 Nov, 2025 08:20am As the cement sector’s financial scorecard for the first quarter of FY26 (1QFY26) fills out, a clearer picture has...
Lucky Cement’s earnings jump 19% in 1QFY26 Published 28 Oct, 2025 11:54am Lucky Cement’s profit-after-tax amounted to Rs23.56 billion, an increase of 19% during the first quarter of...
Brick by brick Published 28 Oct, 2025 05:39am At the start of this fiscal year, Attock Cement (PSX: ACPL), one of the smaller cement manufacturers operating in ...
No cement bag sans tax stamp to be cleared from Nov 1: FBR Published 28 Oct, 2025 05:39am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will only allow clearance of cement bags from production sites, ...