Cement News tagged under: Lucky Cement
Pakistan makes GIDC workable for industries02 September 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe President of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, promulgated the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess - GIDC (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 to waive half of the outstanding liabilities of the fertiliser, textile, power generation, compressed natural gas (CNG) and cement sectors, last week. According to a local research house, the government has reportedly made amendments to the GIDC Act to recover the long standing overdue of the cess from various industries. Key highlights of the Act include 50 per cent ... |
Lucky Cement awarded for Best Corporate Report23 August 2019, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd has won the Best Corporate Report Award with second position in the cement category at the much anticipated "Best Corporate & Sustainability Report Awards 2018". The award ceremony was jointly organised by the Institute of Charted Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP), at a local Hotel in Karachi this week. ICAP and ICMAP have been organising the Best Corporate Report (BCR) Awards ceremony since 2000. This award... |
Lucky Cement profit squeezes in FY1930 July 2019, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 29 July that its net profit after tax during FY19 stood at PKR10.5bn (US$65.16m), down 14 per cent YoY. The results were accompanied by a cash dividend of PKR6.5/share. The company overall sales volume declined by 1.8 per cent to reach 7.67Mt during the current fiscal year. The local cement sales volume registered a decline of 11.7 per cent and totalled 5.85Mt in comparison to 6.63Mt last year. However, the export volumes impr... |
Lucky Cement wins Environment Excellence Award 201911 July 2019, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd won the Environment Excellence Award at the 16th Annual Environment Excellence Awards 2019, organised by The National Forum of Environment and Health (NFEH). The award ceremony was held at a local hotel on 9 July 2019. Lucky Cement received the award in recognition to its commitment towards energy conservation and contribution towards protecting the overall environment for a greener Pakistan. The Annual Environment Excellence Awards are the benchmark for environmental stan... |
Taiwanese producers report positive May results10 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan’s Hsing Ta Cement has reported a 30 per cent YoY increase in revenue for May 2019, rising to TWD800.42m (US$25.4m) from TWD625.56m. In the first five months of the year, the company saw revenue advance 30.6 per cent to TWD2.91bn from TWD2.23bn. Meanwhile, Lucky Cement announced that its revenue was up 3.6 per cent to TWD305.28m in May, compared with TWD294.58m in the year-ago period. In Jan-May 2019, revenue increased 3.9 per cent to TWD1.46bn from TWD1.41bn. |
Lucky Cement receives corporate excellence award16 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd has been awarded the 34th Corporate Excellence Award 2019 in the Cement Sector by the Management Association of Pakistan, for the fifth time in a row, last month. Lucky Cement stated in an announcement : "We thank our employees, business partners, customers and other stakeholders for helping us achieve this recognition. We continue to strive hard to reach new heights whilst focusing on the larger objective of continuing economic growth efforts of Pakistan." Before thi... |
Gas supply to Lucky Cement Pezu plant cut off08 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement has seen gas supply cut off at its Pezu plant as a result of the ongoing drive against gas theft undertaken by Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, the company management highlighted the major shutdown at its Pezu plant in Lucky Marwat district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. “For the past almost four months, we are facing major gas shutdowns atour plant and we have been raising the issue continuousl... |
Lucky Cement reports strong export sales in 9MFY18-1929 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsPakistan’s Lucky Cement Ltd has reported a PAT of PKR8.29bn (US$58.53m) during the nine-month period ended 31 March, a 15.4 per cent fall compared to PKR9.80bn of last year. The profit declined despite the company having achieved an overall gross sales revenue growth of 3.3 per cent YoY to PKR52.32bn from PKR50.63bn, with the increase attributed to higher export sales volumes for clinker. However, the cost of sales during the 9MFY18-19 increased by 14.1 per cent per tonne, mainly due to an i... |
Lucky Cement wins Corporate Excellence Award11 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd has won the Management Association of Pakistan's (MAP) Corporate Excellence Award in the cement sector category. Syed Noman Hasan, executive director of Lucky Cement Ltd, received the award at the 34th MAP Annual Corporate Excellence Award Ceremony held in Karachi on 9 April 2019. The Corporate Excellence Awards was instituted by MAP in 1982 with the sole aim to recognise and honour companies showing outstanding performance and demonstrating progress and enlightened manage... |
Lucky Cement revenues slip 15% in February08 March 2019, Published under Cement NewsTaiwan-based Lucky Cement report revenues in February of TWD168.065m (US$5.4m), down 14.9 per cent when compared with TWD197.481m in February 2018. Revenues in the first two months of 2019 remained largely stable at TWD521.254m when compared with TWD517.821m in January-February 2018. |