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Pakistan: The Punjab Assembly has constituted a committee to review proposed plans for a new cement plant in Chakwal in the Province's Rawalpindi Division. Protestors have previously complained about plans to the Punjab Environment Protection Agency. The Dawn newspaper has reported that stated concerns include the threat to the local water supply, damage to future tourism promotion and possible harm to endangered species, including autochthonous wild sheep.

Pakistan: Lucky Cement has informed investors that it plans to buy back shares up to an equivalent of 3.1% of its registered share capital, which it has valued at US$417,000. The company will commence the purchase from 29 September 2022, and continue until its completion or 27 March 2023.

Pakistan: Fauji Cement recorded sales of US$226m during its 2022 financial year, more than double its US$101m-worth of sales recorded in its 2021 financial year. The company's net profit was US$29.6m, more than double its 2021 financial year profit of US$14.5m. Fauji Cement's cost of sales also more than doubled to US$166m from US$75.8m.

Pakistan: Lucky Cement has distributed ration bags, tents and first aid kits to victims of flooding Dadu, Khairpur, Sanghar and Uthal.

The Balochistan Times newspaper has reported that the company said “The immense destruction of houses and damages to crops caused by the floods, made victims homeless and they are now in the state of starvation.” It continued “In this time of crisis, Lucky Cement, Pakistan's largest cement manufacturer, has reached out to far-flung areas which were worst affected by the flash floods in North and South of Pakistan to provide relief to the victims.”

Pakistan: DG Khan’s revenue grew by 29% year-on-year to US$248m in the financial year to 30 June 2022 from US$193m a year earlier. Its profit for the year fell by 20% to US$12.7m from US15.9m. The main reason for the fall in profit was due to higher taxation in the reporting y

Pakistan: Cherat Cement expects cement consumption in Pakistan to fall by 3 – 4% year-on-year in the 2023 financial year, which will end on 30 June 2023. Amid the general decline, the company foresees a slight rise in areas devastated by recent flooding with the onset of repair and rebuilding works during the second half of the financial year. Exports are expected to fall by 20%, with prices remaining level while costs increase due to the high price of imported coal.

Pakistan Business News has reported that Cherat Cement is reappraising the investment cost and planned commercial operation date of its upcoming 8000 – 9000t/day new cement plant. It previously valued the project at US$158 – 173m.

Pakistan: Bestway Cement’s turnover grew by 21% year-on-year to US$460m in the financial year to 30 June 2022 from US$380m in the same period in 2021. Its operating profit rose by 32% to US$85.4m from US$64.4m. Its cost of sales increases by 23% to US$221m from US$180m.

Pakistan: Cement sales fell by 24% year-on-year in Pakistan in August 2022, due to increased energy, fuel and transport costs. Total despatches for the month came to 3.3Mt, against 4.3Mt a year earlier, according to data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Local shipments for August 2022 came to 2.9Mt against 3.8Mt in August 2021, a fall of 24%. Exports fell by 26% to 0.39Mt from 0.52Mt in August 2021.

APCMA officials are of the view that the government needs to generate a viable policy for the construction industry, keeping in view the huge damage to national infrastructure after unprecedented recent flooding.

Pakistan: Germany-based Menzel Elektromotoren has revealed work on a replacement motor it has built for an unnamed cement plant in Pakistan. As part of the project it has designed a motor to fit a limited installation space that could drive the unit’s raw mill, another cement mill or a fan.

The engineering company’s solution was a compact slip ring motor in frame size 710 with the cooling system tailored to fit around a steel girder in the cement plant. To accommodate the existing couplings in two different sizes, Menzel designed the replacement motor with two shaft ends with different diameters. The motor output is configured to ensure efficient continuous operation in each of the three applications. The machine has a rated output of 4600kW and a rated voltage of 6300V. It complies with protection class IP55. At the customer's request, it was designed in cooling type IC 666, with permanent external ventilation of the inner and outer cooling circuit. Before delivery, Menzel also ran a load test in its in-house test field with the end-user attending via video streaming.

Pakistan: Lucky Cement’s consolidated sales in its 2022 financial year, which ended on 30 June 2022, were US$1.47bn. This represents an increase of 60% year-on-year from US$920m in the 2021 financial year. The group said that it overcame economic challenges during the year through its successful execution of its diversification strategy and the ‘robust’ performance of all its businesses. Its full-year net profit was US$162m, reportedly in line with its previous year’s performance.

Lucky Cement’s standalone cement sales volumes fell by 8.9% year-on-year to 9.1Mt from 10Mt. Its exports fell by 25% to 1.8Mt from 2.4Mt.