A new production line has started operations at Attock Cement’s Hub cement plant in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. The new line has a capacity of 4000 tpd or 1.2 million tpy of cement.
Based in Karachi, Attock Cement is a subsidiary of Pharaon Group. It previously has capacity of 1.79 million tpy, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). With the new line, its total capacity will increase to around 3 million tpy.
The new production line is one of several planned or opened recently in Pakistan. The country’s largest cement producer, Lucky Cement, added 1.3 million tpy of capacity online in December.
According to the APCMA, the country’s total installed capacity as of December 2017 was 46.94 million tpy.