PPC Zimbabwe on course for 2016 mill commissioning

PPC Zimbabwe Ltd is expected to commission its new cement mill at its plant in Harare next year, an official has said.

"We are spending about $75m on our Harare mill this year and we are expecting to commission it in the first quarter of 2016," PPC Zimbabwe managing director Njombo Lekula told AllAfrica news.

Mr Lekula said that the company was also investing over $6m dollars on their Bulawayo and Colleen Bawn plants aimed at improving production.

"We will be spending about $6.4m for our two factories in Matabeleland, that is, Bulawayo and Colleen Bawn factory," he said.