Cement from Pakistan on its way: Times of Oman

Essa Al Masaudi Tuesday, May 20, 2008 12:51:17 AM Oman Time

MUSCAT — The first 17,500-tonne cement shipment from Pakistan will arrive here in the first week of June as announced recently by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The shipment is aimed at meeting the increased demand for cement in the local market. Oman Cement Company, in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, will distribute the shipment among dealers across the Sultanate.

Sayyid Qahtan bin Yaroub Al Busaidi, chairman of Oman Cement Company, said the OCC and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry had agreed on a mechanism for distribution of cement.

The consignment will be given to the approved distributors included in the previous list and to the new distributors as well.

All the wilayats will have their share with the exception of Dhofar governorate and Al Wusta region.

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Pakistan's Lucky locks in Kuwaiti customer: Reuters

KARACHI, May 14 (Reuters) - Lucky Cement (LUKC.KA: Quote, Profile, Research), Pakistan's biggest cement maker and exporter, said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with a Kuwaiti investment firm to export 500,000 tonnes of clinker annually for up to five years...

(Reporting by Sahar Ahmed)

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