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Pakistan: Research by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) think tank shows that the cement sector was the largest national emitter of CO₂ from coal in the financial year for 2018 – 2019. Coal was responsible for 19% of emissions in the reporting period. Cement comprised 49% of this followed by power generation at 28% and brick manufacture at 22%. The report looked at CO₂ emissions from the Pakistan energy sector. It concluded that the cement industry was often missed out in discussions about carbon emissions in the country despite its high coal consumption and the number of new plants currently being planned.

Pakistan: Bestway Cement and Reon Energy have commissioned a 14.3MW captive solar power unit at the former’s integrated cement plant at Farooqia, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The unit is part of a 50MW project deal that is planned to install solar units at the cement producer’s plant at Farooqia, Chakwal, Kallar Kahar and Hattar, according to the Pakistan Observer newspaper. Energy generated at the new solar plant at Farooqia is expected to reduce energy costs and reduce reliance on the national electricity grid.

Pakistan: Cherat Cement’s board of directors has approved plans for a US$215m integrated cement plant at Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakthunkhwa. The company has already invested US$8.24m in acquiring land and leases for the plant. When commissioned in mid-2024, it will have a capacity of 11,000t/day.

Pakistan: Adani Enterprises has incorporated Adani Cement as a wholly-owned subsidiary. The Pioneer newspaper has reported that the new company will produce various classes of cements. However, it is yet to start business operations.

Pakistan: Bestway Cement has provided details of its upcoming 7200t/day-capacity Paikhel cement plant in Mianwali district, Punjab province. China-based Sinoma International Engineering Company will supply engineering, procurement and construction for the plant. The plant will have a 9MW waste heat recovery (WHR) plant.

Pakistan: Descon Engineering says it has been awarded the construction contract for Maple Leaf Cement’s new 7000t/day production line at its integrated Iskanderabad plant. Line 4 is scheduled to be commissioned in mid-2022. China-based Chengdu Design & Research Institute of Building Materials Industry was awarded the equipment and engineering contact for the project in April 2021. Descon Engineering previously contributed towards the work on Line 3 at the unit in conjunction with Denmark-based FLSmidth in 2019. No value for the order has been disclosed.

Pakistan: Lucky Cement and China-based China Sinoma Energy Conservation have signed a deal to upgrade the waste heat recovery (WHR) units on both production lines at the integrated Pezu cement plant. When the project is completed it will increase the output to 14MW from 10MW at present. No value for the order has been disclosed. Sinoma supplied the plant’s original WHR units in 2017.

Pakistan: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) says that the country’s installed cement production capacity will reach 99Mt/yr within the next few years, with most of the planned work to be completed by mid-2023. The Dawn newspaper has reported that producers are launching new cement plant projects and expanding existing plants with a total new capacity of 18Mt/yr. Upon completion, the current projects will increase domestic cement production capacity by 43% to 99Mt/yr from 69Mt/yr. 94Mt/yr of the new capacity is situated in Northern Pakistan and 5.0Mt/yr in Southern Pakistan.

APCMA says that the reason behind the new expansion cycle is estimated annual sales growth of 10 – 15% from 2021.

Pakistan: Lucky Cement has reported a 303% increase year-on-year in its unconsolidated profit after tax (PAT) in the first nine months of the 2021 Pakistan fiscal year, a reporting period that ran from 1 July 2020 to 31 March 2021. Its PAT for the period was US$72.6m, compared to just US$18.9m in the same period of the prior fiscal year. Lucky Cement’s net sales for the nine month period came to US$306m compared to US$208m a year earlier. Its net sales for the January-March 2021 quarter increased to US$111m form US$71.6m in the same period of 2020.

Pakistan: House of Habib subsidiary Thal Limited has invested US$11.0m to establish a polypropylene woven bag plant in Hub, Balochistan. Germany-based Windmoller & Holscher will supply the plant. The Business Recorder newspaper has reported that it will have a capacity of 90m bags/yr.

Chief executive officer Syed Umair Ahmed said "Thal Limited also has a paper production capacity of 250m bags/yr and with a polypropylene woven bag production capacity of 90m bags/yr we will be able to cater to not only the local market but also grow our export business."