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Dandot Cement Co re-fired its kiln in December

11 March 2024, Published under Cement News

According to the1HFY23-24 financial report of Dandot Cement Co Ltd r eleased recently, the company officially commenced operations by lighting up the kiln in December 2023 and is currently in the testing phase. Nevertheless, the net loss for the period is PKR124.81m (US$0.48m) (Dec 2022: PKR126.28m), as no production was reported during the period due to Balancing, Modernisation and Replacement (BMR) of the plant at Dandot RS in Jhelum district, Punjab province, Pakistan. Company’s plan...

Dandot Cement is still under BMR

08 November 2023, Published under Cement News

For the quarter that ended 30 September 2023, Pakistan’s Dandot Cement Co Ltd incurred a loss of PKR69m (US$0.24m) as it remained under the modernisation phase and posted no revenue during the accounting period. No sales were reported. Dandot Cement Chairman, Muhammad Farooq Naseem, and CEO, Taha Muhammad Naseem, have optimistically reported that the company plans to come into production before the end of the calendar year 2023 with an emphasis on the balancing modernisation of replacem...

Dandot Cement Co has makes BMR programme progress

11 July 2023, Published under Cement News

The Lahore-based Dandot Cement Co Ltd recently updated Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) about progress made on the Balancing Modernisation of Replacements (BMR) of 504,000t of its cement plant at Jehlum in Punjab, Pakistan, during April-July 2023. However, cement production has remained suspended due to the closure of plant operations for BMR activity since September 2019. According to Dandot Cement's Company Secretary, Muhammad Kamran, significant progress has been made on various fronts as...

Dandot Cement completes Punjab plant upgrade

13 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Muhammad Kamran, company secretary of Dandot Cement Co Ltd, has stated that commercial production is expected to resume in the first quarter of the next financial year upon completing Balancing the Modernisation of Replacements (BMR) of 504,000t capacity at the Jehlum cement plant in Punjab, Pakistan.   A regulatory filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and the last financial report adds that to meet the legal standards and to avoid any adverse action from Environmental Department, ...

Dandot Cement Co expects to complete BMR in 3QFY23

31 October 2022, Published under Cement News

Dandot Cement Co Ltd Company Secretary, Muhammad Kamran, recently released a progress report on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) of Balancing Modernisation of Replacements (BMR) of 504,000t of cement plant at Jehlum in Punjab, Pakistan. Cement production has remained suspended due to the closure of plant operations for BMR activity since September 2019. The total cost of BMR is PKR5.8bn (US$26.1m) and is likely to be completed by March 2023. The company is also planning to add a 5MW sola...

Dandot Cement Co announces 81% fall in net sales

06 January 2021, Published under Cement News

Pakistan’s Dandot Cement Co has announced an 81.4 per cent YoY fall in net sales to PKR296m (US$1.84m) for the year ended 30 June 2020, compared to PKR1.59bn in the previous year.  The company also reported a loss after tax of PKR695m against a PKR624.5m profit in the FY18-19.

Flying Cement and Dandot Cement post losses during 1HY19

02 March 2020, Published under Cement News

Pakistani cement companies have been declaring losses or fall in profit during the last six months of ongoing fiscal year of 2019-20 on account of falling revenue, high cost of sales and financing charges. Flying Cement Co reported a loss after taxation of PKR293.4m (US$1.9m) during the half-year ended 31 December 2019 compared to profit of PKR77.7m earned in corresponding period last year. The key factor in the loss is the high cost of sales and reduced revenue during this period. Compan...

Dandot Cement continues to posts losses

20 December 2019, Published under Cement News

Dandot Cement Company Ltd (DNCC) of Pakistan has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended September 2019, yesterday. It incurred a net loss of PKR220m (US$1.42m) as compared to loss of PKR49.4m reported in the same quarter last year.  The major factor responsible for this declining trend in company’s profit, was a 63.7 per cent fall in sales to PKR144m from PKR397m in the same period last year. The company incurred a higher distribution cost and lesser administrative ex...

Dandot Cement declares loss of PKR177.51m in 1HFY18-19

01 March 2019, Published under Cement News

Dandot Cement Company Ltd (DCCL) has announced its financial results for the half-year ended 31 December 2018. It declared a loss of PKR177.51m (US$1.27m), as compared to loss of PKR320.95m reported in the equivalent period last year. DCCL Company Secretary, Muhammad Kamran, informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that net sales during the 1HFY18-19 slightly increased to PKR741.30m from PKR679.05m during this period. It incurred a higher distribution cost of PKR2.7m against PKR2m in the...

Calicom Industries applies to acquire Dandot Cement

01 November 2018, Published under Cement News

Dandot Cement Co Ltd (DCCL) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that the company has received a firm intention from Calicom Industries (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore to its acquire control of DCCL and 63,542,787 voting shares (67 per cent of paid up capital) of DCCL beyond the thresholds prescribed under Section 111 of the Securities Act 2016 (the "Act"). This intention was notified to DCCL's board of directors on 31 October 2018, stated by Mr Muhamamd Kamran, Company Secretary to PSX. Calicom Ind...