DG Cement

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DG Cement
FormerlyDera Ghazi Khan Cement
Company type Public
PSX:  DGKC
KSE 100 component
KSE 30 component
Industry Cement
Founded1986;38 years ago (1986)
Headquarters Lahore, Pakistan
Key people
Raza Mansha (CEO)
Naz Mansha (chairperson)
Products
  • DG Cement
  • Elephant Cement
  • Hathi Cement
  • Block Cement
RevenueIncrease2.svgRs. 70.495 billion (US$240 million) (2023)
Increase2.svgRs. 11.044 billion (US$38 million) (2023)
Decrease2.svgRs. -3.366 billion (US$−12 million) (2023)
Total assets Increase2.svgRs. 142.246 billion (US$490 million) (2023)
Total equity Decrease2.svgRs. 67.142 billion (US$230 million) (2023)
Owner Nishat Mills (31.40%)
Mian Umer Mansha (6.29%)
Mian Hassan Mansha (6.19%)
Number of employees
1,881 (2023)
Parent Nishat Group
Subsidiaries Nishat Paper Products (55%)
Nishat Dairy Limited (55.10%)
Hyundai Nishat Motors (10%)
MCB Bank (8.63%)
Nishat Mills (8.61%)
Nishat Hotels and Properties Limited (8.55%)
Adamjee Insurance (7.97%)
Website dgcement.com
Footnotes /references
Financials as of 30 June 2023 [1]

DG Cement is a Pakistani building materials company which is part of Nishat Group. [2] [3] It is one of the largest cement manufacturer of Pakistan with a production capacity of 14,000 tons per day. [4] [5]

Contents

It has three active plants which are present in Khairpur, Chakwal, Dera Ghazi Khan and Hub, Balochistan. [4]

History

DG Cement was established in 1986 by state-owned company, State Cement Corporation of Pakistan in Dera Ghazi Khan. [6] The plant was supplied by Ube Industries of Japan. [6]

In 1992, DG Cement was acquired for PKR 1,799 million ($73.5 million) by Saigol Group under the privatization scheme of the Government of Pakistan. [7] [8] Later, it was transferred to Nishat Group in a swap scheme in which Nishat Group acquired DG Cement and Saigol Group acquired Maple Leaf Cement from Nishat Group. [9] [10]

In 1994, DG Cement initiated a $170 million expansion project at its Dera Ghazi Khan plant in Punjab. [11] The project was financed in part by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which approved a $10 million exposure for the facility in 1995. [11] The project contract was awarded to FLSmidth and was denominated in Danish kroner. [11] [12]

In 2004, DG Cement commissioned its second plant in Khairpur, Chakwal at a cost of PKR 9 billion. [13]

In 2015, DG Khan setup its third and one of the largest plant of Pakistan in Hub, Balochistan. [14]

Plants

Shareholding pattern

Shareholders % of Shareholding
Nishat Mills Limited 31.40
Mian Umer Mansha6.29
Mian Hassan Mansha6.19
Last updated: December 2023 [16]

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