... 1.8 million tons per annum. The country initially has less than half a million tones per annum and now it has exceeded 10million annum's tones. This was due to the enactment of new manufacturing facilities and expansion of existing units. In 1991-92, privatization and effective price decontrol occurred and led to a new period in which industry reached a level where additional production met the local demands in 1997. The present scenario of the cement industry is that out of a total of 24 cement plants, currently 22 units are operative, 17 companies being listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The country, at present, has an installed capacity of producing 17.55 million tones of cement per annum, mainly Portland cement. It is foreseen to increase installed capacity (also by expansion) to 28.21 million tones per annum by 2008. In two to three years six new projects with a 7.3 million tonne capacity, ...

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