Footnotes / references Financials as of 30 June 2023[update][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]
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 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]