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PPC, Plascon, Seta in joint training venture, South AfricaPretoria Portland Cement Company (PPC) has launched its Academy of Sales and Marketing. The academy is a joint venture between PPC, Plascon and the Services sector education and training auth...News - 18 April 2007 |
Cement sales make solid growth, South AfricaSouth African cement sales rose impressively by 16.7% in the first three months of 2007 compared with the first three months of last year, the Cement and Concrete Institute (CNCI) data showed. At...News - 11 April 2007 |
Maintenance work worsens cement shortage in Zambia: ministerThe shortage of cement on the Zambian market is a result of ongoing maintenance works at the Ndola plant of the Chilanga Cement, the country’s sole cement producer, a minister has said. Commer...News - 10 April 2007 |
First shipment of Chinese cement arrivedThe first consignment of SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) approved Conch cement from China has arrived in South Africa. Lim Hong Siang, the managing director of Evermont International, said yest...News - 27 March 2007 |
Circle Cement experiences subdued demandCircle Cement says it has experienced subdued demand for cement due to the downturn in construction activities in the country. But the company still pins its hope in the booming construction ...News - 27 March 2007 |
Conch cement consignment to arrive amid chaosA ship carrying the first consignment for South Africa from Conch Cement is scheduled to dock in Durban this week amid confusion in the market about who has the legal right to sell the product in ...News - 12 March 2007 |
Aveng keeps talking to Holcim over sale of shares to BEE groupAveng is continuing its “constructive engagement” with Holcim over a proposed R6.82bn deal aimed at giving Holcim South Africa a black-controlling shareholder. Carl Grim, Aveng’s chief execut...News - 06 March 2007 |
Lafarge to move regional HQ from South Africa to ZambiaLafarge, the holding company of Zambia’s Chilanga Cement Plc, has announced its decision to move its regional headquarters from Johannesburg of South Africa to Lusaka, Zambia. Thomas Ehrhart...News - 06 March 2007 |
Orascom Construction Industries expands aggregates operations in EuropeOrascom Construction Industries announced that Group GLA - 50% owned by OCI - has signed an agreement for a total value of EUR 17.4m for a 100% stake of Minas Nieves in Corrales de Buelna and for ...News - 05 March 2007 |
Foreign investment in KZN on the riseForeign direct investment into KwaZulu-Natal is increasing exponentially, with more than R27 billion invested in South Africa’s second- largest economic hub between 2000 and 2005 alone, Finance MEC...News - 05 March 2007 |