Bulk carrier discharging imported thermal coal at a Pakistani port
South Africa and Indonesia to Pakistan
Imported Coal Supply to the Pakistani Cement Sector
A cement kiln that runs out of fuel is a shut plant. Over years of supply, our customers were never short.
- Location
- South Africa and Indonesia to Pakistan
- Material
- Imported thermal coal
- Scope
- International sourcingQuality specificationShippingPort handlingInland delivery
The situation
What we walked into
Pakistani cement plants run on imported coal and they cannot stop. A kiln that runs out of fuel is not a delayed delivery, it is a shut plant.
The requirement is specific calorific value, controlled sulphur and ash, delivered continuously and priced against a volatile market.
Cement plant receiving scheduled coal delivery
What we did
End to end
Sourcing
We sourced from both South Africa and Indonesia, which are different coals with different specifications and different freight economics.
Running both meant supply was not exposed to a single origin, a single port or a single market condition.
Specification and quality
We matched coal specification to each plant's kiln requirements and verified quality at load port, because a specification failure discovered at the plant is a specification failure discovered far too late.
Logistics
Ocean freight, port discharge, storage and inland delivery to plant, scheduled against each plant's consumption rate rather than against convenience.
The result
What changed
Continuous coal supply to cement producers across Pakistan over multiple years. Dual origin sourcing gave supply security when a single origin would have left customers exposed.
This is the work that built Halberg's international trading and shipping capability, and it is why the company understands the buyer's end of the chain as well as the producer's end.
- 2 origins
- South Africa and Indonesia, so supply was never exposed
- Multi year
- Continuous supply to cement plants across Pakistan
- At load port
- Where quality was verified, not at the plant gate
- Never short
- Across years of supply
Coal trucks on the inland delivery run to a cement plant
Feedback
A cement plant cannot wait. In years of supply we were never short.
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