Lucky Cement has approved a 3.2 million-tonne-per-annum expansion of its Karachi plant, taking its installed cement capacity in Pakistan to 18.8 MTPA upon completion.   The projects, approved by the board of directors of  one of Pakistan’s largest cement makers,  are expected to begin commercial operations by December 2027.     The approved   capex program collectively finance a 3.20 MTPA brownfield expansion aft karachi plant and  will be integrated with the cement grinding facility currently being installed.       The expansion comes amid domestic and growing export demand for cement and clinker, it added.       Lucky Cement also approved energy projects across its Karachi and Pezu plants.      These include the installation of additional wind turbines with a combined capacity of 22.5 MW and a 10 MW Waste Heat Recovery  plant at the Karachi plant, as well as a 15 MW solar power plant and a 15 MW Battery Energy Storage System  at the Pezu plant. subsequent to this expansion,   the installed total cement capacity of the Pakistani conglomerate is expected to reach 26.65 MTPA including  the ongoing expansion at Nyumba Ya Akiba in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (ICE ISLAMABAD)

Fonte notizia: business recorder