Ghori Cement celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony of the company’s 3rd kiln line in the Baghlan province of Afghanistan. The two existing lines in Pul-e-Khumri have capacities of 400 and 1000 tpd, utilizing old technology from the 60s. The new kiln…
The generation of fly ash from power plants in India increased in 5 years from 226.1 Mta in FY19-20 to 334 Mta in FY24-25. In the same period, the utilization (including roads, cement, brick, backfilling, etc.) has been on the…
In the first 7 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement consumption increased by +3.0% to 21.102 Mt, after 20.492 Mt in the same period last year and 22.766 Mt in the year before.
Fauji and KAPCO have submitted a binding offer to acquire the entire 84.06% share of Libanon’s Pharaon Investment Group in Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (ACPL). We reported here that Pharaon Investment, is actively engaged in the process of divesting its…
The board of India’s JK Cement has approved a major greenfield capacity expansion. After receiving the environmental clearance for the Jaisalmer integrated plant in Rajasthan, it has been decided to install a 4.0 Mta clinker line and a 3.0 Mta…
In the first 7 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +35.2% to 5.346 Mt, after 3.955 Mt in the same period last year and 3.279 Mt in the year before.
In the first 7 months in 2025, Pakistan’s cement dispatch (local and exports) increased by +8.3% to 26.506 Mt, after 24.481 Mt in the same period last year and 26.050 Mt in the year before.
A few days ago, the website ’www.moneycontrol.com’ reported that JK Lakshmi Cement and Chettinad Cement were bidding to acquire India’s Deccan Cements Ltd. amid the Andhra infrastructure push. However, Deccan’s company secretary wished to state that the company has promptly…
India’s UltraTech Cement plans to expand their cement capacity in India from 183.4 Mta in FY25 to 197.5 Mta in FY26 and 212.2 Mta by FY27. In this FY with the commissioning of 6 brownfield projects about 3.5 Mta have…
India’s JK Cement announced the expansion of the Ujjain cement works by 0.5 Mta to 2.0 Mta. The grinding unit is located in Mahakal Ujjain in Madyha Pradesh, close to the Jyotirlinga temple and commenced commercial production in November 2023.…