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Maple Leaf Cement FY22-23 profit increases by 24%

08 September 2023, Published under Cement News

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF), subsidiary of Kohinoor Textile Mills , announced its financial results for FY22-23 on 6 September 2023. The company posted earnings of PKR4.49bn (US$14.65m) from PKR3.62bn during this period, up 23.9 per cent YoY. The improved profit was supported by higher sales, better retention prices and other income. According to MLCF filing to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), its net sales increased by 28 per cent to PKR62.07bn YoY. MLCF incurred a distribu...

Cement players expect demand in FY24 to remain stable

16 June 2023, Published under Cement News

Topline Securities hosted the Pakistan Cement Conference 2023, where top executives of major cement players Maple Leaf Cement (MLCF), Lucky Cement (LUCK), DG Khan Cement (DGKC), Cherat Cement (CHCC), Kohat Cement (KOHC) and Pioneer Cement (PIOC) participated in the conference through Zoom recently. They ruled out unanimous fears of a price war, stating that it would be unwise to start a price war due to economic conditions and slow demand. However, they believed that major ...

Pakistan manufacturers post strong 1HFY22-23 financial results

27 February 2023, Published under Cement News

According to the Pakistan Stock exchange (PSX), Pioneer Cement Ltd (PIOC) earned a profit of PKR1.76bn (US$6.81m) in 1HFY22-23 compared to PKR1.14bn made in the previous year’s corresponding period. This reflects a growth of 54.1 per cent YoY. PIOC's gross sales increased by 19.4 per cent to PKR25.08bn in 1HFY22-23 from PKR21bn during the same period last year. It incurred distribution expenses of PKR61m against PKR52m in the previous financial period. The administrative costs rose to P...

APCMA elects new executive committee

23 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Muhammad Ali Tabba, chief executive of Lucky Cement , has been appointed chairman of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) for the 12 months ending September 2023. Senior vice chairman of the APCMA over the same period has been named as Kohat Cement ’s Aizaz Mansoor Sheikh, while Attock Cement ’s Babar Bashir Nawaz has been elected vice chairman. Also elected were eight executive committee members, including: Sayeed Tariq Saigol ( Maple Leaf Cement ) Azam Fa...

Maple Leaf Cement begins Line 4 production

09 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that an additional dry process clinker production line of 7000tpd grey clinker, a brownfield expansion at the company’s existing site in Iskanderabad , Punjab, successfully started production on 3 November 2022, according to a bourse filing of Company Secretary Muhammad Ashraf.  MLCF had signed a contract with Chengdu Design & Research Institute, China, to supply a 7000tpd grey clinker line in March last ye...

Maple Leaf Cement reports 18.9% growth in profit during FY2022

02 September 2022, Published under Cement News

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the company declared its financial results for FY21-22 (July 2021-June 2022), whereby earnings arrived at PKR4.55bn (US$20.5m) against PKR3.82bn last year, up by 19 per cent.   Whereas during 4QFY21-22 (April-June 2022), the company posted a profit after tax of PKR232m compared to PKR980m in the same period last year, depicting a decline of 76 per cent YoY mainly on account of imposition of super ta...

Margins affected by 10% super tax

08 August 2022, Published under Cement News

Pakistan cement companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) are scheduled to announce their financial results for FY21-22 in August-September. The cement industry has fingers crossed to see their top line, which is likely to be impacted by the government's imposition of a one-time surcharge on the previous year's income. The Inter Market Securities Ltd estimated that higher tax and interest would chop earnings of the top seven companies.  IMS Cement Universe's (comprising Lucky ...

Pakistan’s producers contend with soaring costs

05 May 2022, Published under Cement News

 In the first nine months of the current financial year (9MFY22), Pakistan’s cement producers sold 40.8Mt of cement, down 2.5Mt or 5.8 per cent on the same period a year earlier. While local dispatches have remained stable at 36.1Mt, exports have fallen by 35 per cent. With costs continuing to soar, domestic cement producers are reporting a mixed bag of results as the industry reels from the economic fallout of the pandemic and ongoing crisis in Ukraine. According to estimates by research...

Maple Leaf Cement Co’s expansion project nears completion

22 March 2022, Published under Cement News

Maple Leaf Cement Co (MLCF) is expecting to complete the Kiln Line No 4 expansion at the existing site in Iskanderabad, Mianwali district, Pakistan, in October 2022. This will lead the company to become the fourth largest player in the industry with a single site capacity of 7.7Mta. Addressing a Pakistan Mid Cap Conference 2022 organised by research house Topline, Group Director Finance of Maple Leaf Group, Mohsin Naqvi, disclosed the details of the expansion plan and added that the overa...

Maple Leaf Cement records consolidated profit of PKR2.757bn

21 March 2022, Published under Cement News

In 1HFY22 Maple Leaf Cement ’s consolidated profit stood at PKR2.757bn (US$15.27m) as against PKR1.625bn for the corresponding period last year, representing an increase of 70 per cent. A total sales volume of 2.406Mt was achieved in the 1HFY22, depicting a 4.5 per cent decrease over 2.52Mt sold during the corresponding period last year. Domestic sales volume was 2.336Mt, defining almost the same level of demand, with slight pressure on cement consumption in the local market compared ...