November 30, 2023 (MLN): Fauji Cement Company Limited (PSX: FCCL) has successfully commissioned its Greenfield Cement Manufacturing Plant today, having a production capacity of 6,500 tons per day of clinker at Shadan Lund, District Der Ghazi Khan, the company's notice to the PSX showed today.
With the commencement of the operation of this new line, the total cement production capacity of the company has increased to 10.6 million tons per annum, it said.
This establishes Fauji Cement Company's position as the third-largest Cement producer in the country.
FCCL highlighted that the Greenfield Project has been completed within a record time of 13 months.
This project includes state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and also includes emissions control features and a Waste Heat Recovery Power Plant.
Furthermore, the addition of this Greenfield Cement Plant at an extremely impoverished area of Shadan Lund in Southern Punjab will not only provide a livelihood to the locals but will also help in the major uplift of the area, the company said.
Fauji Cement as a responsible corporate entity has, well before the commissioning of the plant, initiated major CSR projects like providing clean drinking water, healthcare, and solar systems to deprived communities with no electricity as well as supporting school going children, it added.
