Dewan Cement Ltd.
PPSX:DCL8.81
PKR
-0.24
(-2.65%)
ISIN
PK0038101017
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- CEO
- Ghazanfar Babar Siddiqi
- Full Time Employees
- 848
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Construction materials
- Address
- Karachi Pakistan
- IPO Date
- May 26, 1994
- Website
- dewancement.com
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- Dewan Cement Limited is a Pakistan-based building materials manufacturing company primarily engaged in the production, marketing, and distribution of cement and clinker. Incorporated in March 1980 and headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan, the company operates as a key industrial component of Yousuf Dewan Companies (YDC). Dewan Cement maintains an aggregate annual production capacity of approximately 2.88 million metric tons across two strategically situated manufacturing facilities, comprising its South Unit located in Dhabeji, District Malir, Sindh, and its North Unit located in the Hattar Industrial Estate, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The company manufactures and sells a specialized portfolio of hydraulic cement products tailored for residential, commercial, and heavy civil infrastructure applications, including Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) for general civil engineering works and load-bearing structures; Sulphate Resisting Cement (SRC) formulated for marine environments, foundations, and soil conditions with aggressive sulphate concentrations; Rapid Setting Cement designed for precast elements and high-early-strength applications; Blast Furnace Slag Cement for mass concreting; and API-specified Oil Well Cement for petroleum exploration and drilling operations. Its commercial product range is marketed under established proprietary brand names, including Pakland, Pakland Black Diamond, Pakland Lion, Pakland Premium, and Dewan, supplied in 50-kilogram multiwall paper and woven polypropylene bags as well as bulk tankers to infrastructure developers, commercial contractors, public sector institutions, and wholesale distributor networks across domestic and regional export markets. In recent corporate developments, Dewan Cement has focused on balance sheet restructuring, capital realignment, and governance enhancements to support operational sustainability. In mid-2026, the company secured regulatory approval and executed the issuance of 60 million ordinary shares to primary sponsor Dewan Muhammad Yousaf Farooqui to convert and settle outstanding interest-free sponsor loans into equity. Additionally, the company restructured its senior leadership and board oversight in early 2026 with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer and reconstituted management committees to lead operational turnaround programs, thermal and electrical energy cost optimizations, and supply chain rationalization across its northern and southern production plants.