Pakistan’s Cherat Cement: new factory with capacity of over 1.3mn tonnes

Abid A Vazir, the executive director of Pakistan-based Cherat Cement, is reported as saying that the company is to establish a factory that will increase its yearly output capacity to more than 2.4 million tonnes. The yearly output capacity of the new facility is to exceed 1.3 million tonnes.

November 26, 2014 Read time: 1 min

The yearly output capacity of the new facility is to exceed 1.3 million tonnes.

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Pakistan: Cement capacity utilisation at 95%

Cement manufacturing in Pakistan is running at 95% capacity utilisation as of March 2016 due to strong import growth, says Muhammad Ali Tabba, chairman of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA).

Cement makers have been increasing capacity regularly, with an additional 26,000tonnes/day to become available once DG Khan Cement, Lucky Cement, Cherat Cement Company, and Attock Cement complete their expansions.

Other major producers are also undertaking expansion projects.

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According to data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), the volume of cement exported from Pakistan during the six months ending 15 January 2016 fell on-year by 24.98% from 4.5 million tonnes to 3.4 million tonnes.

Of the total, exports of mills based in the south of the country declined 29.17% from 1.76 million tonnes to 1.24 million tonnes and those of mills in the north dropping 22.35% from 2.78 million tonnes to 2.16 million tonnes.

The results are attributed to a lack of