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State Bank of Pakistan reviews cement industry performance in FY22

10 January 2023, Published under Cement News

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has critically analysed the performance of the cement industry between July 2021 and June 2022. The central bank gauged the positive and negative impacts on local and export dispatches, employment, quarrying of minerals and the reason behind on slow progress of the industry. The SBP concluded that "marginal growth in local dispatches and declining exports hurt the cement industry in FY21-22". The cement sector’s output declined by 3.6 per cent (48.011Mt) i...

Nepal: planned entry of foreign cement giants

21 June 2016, Published under Cement News

The proposed entry of foreign cement manufacturers into the Nepalese market has set off an expansion drive amongst domestic producers. Dangote Cement of Nigeria, Reliance Cement of India and Hongshi and Huaxin of China have all been given necessary approvals to begin operations in Nepal. The combined FDI for these companies amounts to US$1.45bn and the total proposed output stands at 22,000tpd. This increase in capacity by foreign companies has created unrest among domestic manufacturers....