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Swaziland
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereHowever one puts a gloss on the picture, a small land-locked African country run by an autocratic ruler-king with a friendly hand-picked government, will always face serious question marks over its leadership credentials. Swaziland is no exception.
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AfriSam gears up
23 January 2013AfriSam is preparing for future demand by making investments in a variety of expansion projects designed to boost its internal capacity. The company has also re-engineered its entire product portf...
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Competition Commission settles with Lafarge, South Africa
09 March 2012South Africa’s Competition Commission has reached a settlement with Lafarge for being part of cement cartel. Lafarge is to pay an administrative penalty of ZAR149m, or six per cent of its 2010 ...
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Alleged South Africa cement cartel hearing faces tribunal
16 November 2011South Africa’s competition Tribunal will consider a settlement agreement reached between AfriSam — a member of an alleged cement cartel – and the Competition Commission. According to the commissi...
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AfriSam settles in cartel case, South Africa
02 November 2011South Africa’s Competition Commission has entered into a settlement agreement with AfriSam, in which the company admitted that it took part in a cement cartel. AfriSam agreed to pay a penalty ...
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New SLV Cement dealer for the African market
28 October 2011Cachapuz Bilanciai Group has extended the representation of SLV Cement to new countries in the African Continent through the Sasco Africa company. With this partnership, the SLV Cement solutio...
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Lafarge reaffirms commitment to Africa?
06 December 2010Bruno Lafont, chairman and CEO of Lafarge, has carried out a whistle-stop tour through Africa including visits to Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and South Africa. During a stop in ...
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Southern African cement sales fall
10 March 2009Cement sales in the Southern African Customs Union fell 18 percent to 1.02 million tons last month, the Johannesburg-based Cement and Concrete Institute said yesterday. The union includes South Af...
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Cement sales in southern Africa slow
14 January 2009Cement sales in southern Africa were up 0.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in December to 921,570t, data from the Cement and Concrete Institute showed on Tuesday. The institute noted that December 20...