Historical view: Thatta Cement Company Limited was founded in 1982 with a manufacturing facility located in the Makli District, Thatta. In 2010, the company acquired additional rights to mine limestone from 1,240 acres of land
Company Profile:
Thatta Cement Company Limited was incorporated in 1980 as a public limited company. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the State Cement Corporation of Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited. The manufacturing facility was commissioned in 1982. The plant based on dry process technology, had a total installed capacity of 1,000 tons per day of clinker. The plant was supplied by M/s. Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan. In the year 2004, Government of Pakistan divested its shareholding from the company through Privatization Commission.
The Company obtained listing on the Karachi Stock Exchange Limited as public limited company in the year 2008. Share of Thatta Cement Company Limited are quoted on Karachi Stock Exchange. Symbol of Company "THCCL" assigned by Karachi Stock Exchange
Location:
The plant is located 115 km North East of Karachi at Ghulamullah Road, Makli, District Thatta. The facility is spread over 233 acres of freehold land consisting of factory area, workers’ colony, officers’ colony, commercial buildings and water reservoirs. Finest quality raw material deposits are available close to the plant. These limestone and clay reserves are sufficient for about 100 years. In this respect, TCCL has the mining rights for extracting limestone from 2,364 acres, shale/clay from 1,121 acres and silica sand from 1,239 acres of land, respectively. The Company has further acquired mining rights of limestone for a further area of 1,240.02 acres in December 2010.