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Barloworld gets 44 Freighliner Columbia truck tractor

Barloworld Logistics has taken delivery of 44 Freightliner Columbias as part of its owner-driver programme for Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), South Africa. A fleet of 44 Freightliner Columbia ...
News - 14 December 2012

PPC buys majority stake in Rwanda cement producer

South Africa’s leading cement producer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has acquired a 51 per cent equity stake in Rwanda-based cement producer Cimerwa Ltd. The deal is worth a total cash considerat...
News - 13 December 2012

South African competition set to intensify

The South African cement sector is set to see increased competition from the end of next year when Sephaku Cement starts production. The company is set to be the first new market entrant since 1...
News - 10 December 2012

Cimpor

Cimpor's turnover came off by 1.6% to €1,170.6m in the first nine months, and the EBITDA eased by 0.9% to €355.4m, while the trading profit (EBIT) declined by 1.2% to €247.3m. Net financial charg...
Corporate - 06 December 2012

Lafarge

For the first nine months of the year, Lafarge's turnover was ahead by 4.7% to €12,007m and the EBITDA improved by 7.2 to €2,594m. At the trading level the profit advanced by 11.9% to €1,837m, but...
Corporate - 06 December 2012

Mozambique is Cimpor’s star performer

For the first nine months of 2012, Cimpor’s cement and clinker shipments were 9.4 per cent lower at 18.82Mt, as volumes dropped by just over one -third both in Spain and China while Mozambique pro...
News - 04 December 2012

Egypt: back on track?

Last year’s political turmoil in Egypt led to volatility in domestic cement volumes, but the market has since stabilised. This year cement demand has been steady although operating challenges pres...
Articles - 26 November 2012

PPC prepares for start Riebeeck modernisation

With the environmental authorisation by the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning for phase two of its Riebeeck modernisation in place, South Africa’s PPC is on...
News - 19 November 2012

Wärtsilä to service United Cement Co's power plant in Nigeria

Wärtsilä has signed a three year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement covering the United Cement Company of Nigeria Ltd (UniCem) power plant. This is an extension to the current three year O&M...
News - 15 November 2012

South Africa: Vietnam cement imports investigated

The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) has confiscated some sub-standard cement imported into South Africa from Vietnam and is investigating complaints lodged about the qualit...
News - 15 November 2012