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South Africa

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A resource-rich country, characterised by healthy GDP growth and a booming construction market, South Africa has all the markings of a success story for cement producers. With several capacity expansion projects being planned or recently completed, South African cement companies are gearing up for a sustained expansion of the cement market. Meanwhile, imports have appeared on the market and prices are following a firmly upward trend.

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PPC to construct new plant in Democratic Republic of Congo
17 May 2013
PPC has announced plans to construct a 1Mta cement factory in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the company’s plans to increase revenue streams outside South Africa to 40 per cent by 20...
Titan recovers in the USA
15 May 2013
Titan's first-quarter turnover showed a 7.8 per cent improvement to €243m while the EBITDA fell by 29.4 per cent, in line with the 29.3 per cent reduction seen this time last year, to €24.3m. The...
PPC's East African promise
14 May 2013
PPC Ltd, southern Africa’s leading cement manufacturer, has increased its footprint in sub-Saharan Africa with its latest acquisitions in Ethiopia and Rwanda. With the two acquisitions, PPC’s sigh...
Opportunities in new Africa
01 May 2013
Africa is a land of opportunity, rich in potential and certainly the next challenge for many cement producers. The sub-Saharan region is changing rapidly and the race is on to be a part of the gro...
Vicat advances in Asia and Americas
26 April 2013
Vicat's first quarter turnover was ahead by 1.2 per cent to EUR491m, which represents an underlying improvement of 2.7 per cent. Cement turnover was up by 1.8 per cent to EUR304m, with cement sh...
NESHAP compliance made easy
17 April 2013
As the US Environmental Protection Agency finalised its amendments to the air toxics rules for Portland cement production and expects the industry to comply fully by 2015, Austria-based filter spe...
South African market challenges
08 April 2013
Full-year data for South African cement sales released this week show that dispatches edged ahead in 2012, but the growth rate remained tepid. Producers will hope that the government's new infras...
South Africa sales rise by 3% in 2012
04 April 2013
South African cement sales edged ahead 2.9 per cent in 2012 to reach 11.6Mt from 11.23Mt the year before, data from the Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI) shows. For the final quarter of the ...