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PPC eyes longer-term growth outside of Africa

PPC has unveiled a new expansion strategy that envisages doubling the business every 10 years and growing beyond its traditional markets in Africa. In an investor presentation posted on PPC's w...
News - 16 March 2016

ThaiGroup JSC signs South Africa export supply agreement

ThaiGroup JSC, formerly known as Xuan Thanh Group JSC, has signed deal with the UK-based Ores & Minerals UK Ltd to export cement to South Africa, local media said. Under the contract worth US$1...
News - 04 March 2016

Cimpor

Cimpor's turnover declined by 4.3 per cent in 2015 to EUR2,492.7m while EBITDA came off by 18.6 per cent to EUR525.7m. The trading profit emerged 30.2 per cent lower at EUR313.3m and the net finan...
Corporate - 02 March 2016

HeidelbergCement

The preliminary figures from HeidelbergCement show a 6.7 per cent improvement in turnover for last year to EUR13,465m but eased by 0.2 per cent on a comparative basis. EBITDA advanced by 14.2 per ...
Corporate - 02 March 2016

PPC

Despite the tough operating environment in South Africa, domestic cementitious volumes hit 3.652Mt in 3Q15, compared to 3.084Mt in the previous quarter. These latest figures take the year-to-date ...
Corporate - 02 March 2016

Dangote Cement full-year boosted by new African plants

Dangote Cement posted a 25.6 per cent rise in 2015 revenues to NGN491.7bn (US$2.47bn) as new plants performed strongly across Africa, the company reported yesterday. New production facilities op...
News - 02 March 2016

Cimpor books major loss in 2015

Cimpor's turnover declined by 4.3 per cent in 2015 to EUR2492.7m while EBITDA came off by 18.6 per cent to EUR525.7m. The trading profit emerged 30.2 per cent lower at EUR313.3m and the net financ...
News - 26 February 2016

South Africa: NUM signs one-year wage agreement with LafargeHolcim

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a one-year wage agreement with the local unit of cement maker LafargeHolcim, it said on Monday, ending a strike that had just entered its ...
News - 23 February 2016

HeidelbergCement full-year revenue up 7%

HeidelbergCement's preliminary 2015 results show a marked increase in operating income with stable volumes and a seven per cent rise in revenue to EUR13.5bn (US$15.1bn). “ 2015 was by far the be...
News - 16 February 2016

Lucky Cement not to proceed with court challenge

Lucky Cement has decided to drop its South African court challenge regarding the imposition of anti-dumping duties by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) on Portland cement im...
News - 01 February 2016