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PPC expects half-year earnings to rise, South AfricaPretoria Portland Cement (PPC) on Friday said it expected its earnings a share (EPS) and its headline earnings a share for the first-half of the 2010 financial year to be between 450% and 470% hig...News - 26 April 2010 |
NUM members strike at Lafarge, South AfricaMore than 1000 members of the National Union of Mineworker’s (NUM) have begun a nationwide strike against cement producer Lafarge over wages, a spokesman says. "Lafarge must pay, they must come ...News - 23 April 2010 |
Cimpor sees further Asian and Brazilian growthThe publication of Cimpor’s annual report this week shows up some interesting information on the group in which the Brazilian groups Camargo Corrêa and Votorantim have stakes of 28.6% and 21.2% re...News - 15 April 2010 |
Africa Cup of Nations boosts Angola 1Q infrastructure resultsA recent report on Angola’s infrastructure shows latest quarter saw activity in the domestic construction sector reach its peak on the back of the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 games. Although, held ...News - 14 April 2010 |
PPC sees 2010 capex at ZAR850-950mSouth Africa’s biggest cement producer, PPC expects capital expenditure in 2010 to be between ZAR850-950m (US$114.8m) and to slow in 2011 to 800-900 million rand. Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) s...News - 16 March 2010 |
Pakistan to buy 4Mt coal in 2010Pakistan’s cement industry will import just over 4Mt of steam coal in 2010 from South Africa and Indonesia, up from around 3.7-3.8Mt last year, Pakistani and Indian coal trading sources said. Cre...News - 15 March 2010 |
Standard Bank and UNEP collaborate on the Africa Carbon Asset Development (ACAD) FacilityProject developers, bankers and others setting up carbon projects as part of the fight against climate change have a new place to go for help. ACAD, the first facility dedicated to boosting the Af...News - 05 March 2010 |
PPC mulls Botswana plantThe Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Botswana is currently exploring plans of establishing a manufacturing industry in Botswana. PPC Cement Botswana General Manager Werner De Beer said this at ...News - 02 March 2010 |
PPC reaches milestonePretoria Portland Cement (PPC) is celebrating its 100th year as a listed company on the JSE, and its chief executive Paul Striver has paid tribute to the company’s past leaders and their visionary...News - 25 February 2010 |
PPC says demand to drop this year, sees recovery in 2011Pretoria Portland Cement Co, Africa’s largest producer of the building material, said demand in southern Africa will decline this year with a recovery in regional orders expected in 2011. This y...News - 24 February 2010 |