Formerly | Dera Ghazi Khan Cement |
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Company type | Public |
PSX: DGKC KSE 100 component KSE 30 component | |
Industry | Cement |
Founded | 1986 |
Headquarters | Lahore, Pakistan |
Key people | Raza Mansha (CEO) Naz Mansha (chairperson) |
Products |
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Revenue | Rs. 70.495 billion (US$240 million) (2023) |
Rs. 11.044 billion (US$38 million) (2023) | |
Rs. -3.366 billion (US$−12 million) (2023) | |
Total assets | Rs. 142.246 billion (US$490 million) (2023) |
Total equity | Rs. 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%) |
Website | dgcement |
Footnotes /references Financials as of 30 June 2023 [update] [1] |
DG Cement is a Pakistani building materials company based in Lahore. [2] It is part of Nishat Group.
DG Cement operates three plants located in Khairpur, Chakwal, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Hub, Balochistan. [3] [4]
DG Cement was established in 1986 by state-owned company, State Cement Corporation of Pakistan in Dera Ghazi Khan. [5] The plant was supplied by Ube Industries of Japan. [5]
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. [6] [7] 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. [8] [9]
In 1994, DG Cement initiated a $170 million expansion project at its Dera Ghazi Khan plant in Punjab. [10] The project was financed in part by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which approved a $10 million exposure for the facility in 1995. [10] The project contract was awarded to FLSmidth and was denominated in Danish kroner. [10] [11]
In 2004, DG Cement commissioned its second plant in Khairpur, Chakwal at a cost of PKR 9 billion. [12]
In 2015, DG Khan setup its third and one of the largest plant of Pakistan in Hub, Balochistan. [13]
Shareholders | % of Shareholding |
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Nishat Mills Limited | 31.40 |
Mian Umer Mansha | 6.29 |
Mian Hassan Mansha | 6.19 |
Last updated: December 2023 [15] |
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