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PPC gets competition tribunal go-ahead for Safika Cement acquisitionPPC’s previously-announced acquisition of South African blended cement producer Safika Cement has been unconditionally approved by the country’s Competition Tribunal. An agreement to acquire a ...News - 16 December 2013 |
Nigeria: Dangote investment drive not only in cementDangote Group, plans to invest about US$16bn in cement, petrochemicals and agriculture over the next four years. "We are investing US$4.7bn to finish our projects in cement in about 18 countries...News - 13 December 2013 |
Sephaku Cement grinding project on-trackSephaku Cement said its new grinding plant near Delmas in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is 95 per cent complete and is on-track to start production early in the new year. The 1.4Mta facility will be ...News - 04 December 2013 |
CimporCimpor's nine-month turnover emerged 23.4 per cent higher as the additional assets in Argentina, Brazil and elsewhere more than made up for the assets sold, predominantly in the Mediterranean rim....Corporate - 02 December 2013 |
LafargeIn the first nine months of the year, Lafarge's turnover declined by 4.4 per cent to EUR11,484m while the EBITDA fell by 10.5 to EUR2309m. At the trading level the reduction was 15.2 per cent to E...Corporate - 02 December 2013 |
DangoteSales growth at Dangote Cement continues to outpace the Nigerian cement market with group sales volumes up 29.5 per cent to 9.95Mt, compared to the same period last year. Pre-tax profit for the ni...Corporate - 02 December 2013 |
PPCDespite rising electricity prices and depreciation pushing up input costs, South Africa’s PPC has posted an eight per cent rise in EBITDA to ZAR2500m (US$244m) for the year ending September 2013. ...Corporate - 02 December 2013 |
South America now drives CimporTurnover for Cimpor during the first nine months of the year emerged 23.4 per cent higher as the additional assets in Argentina, Brazil and elsewhere more than made up for the assets sold, predomi...News - 27 November 2013 |
Consistent, reliable resultsQuality control has been automated to such an extent that we run the severe risk of turning into a generation of button-pushing operators instead of thinking analytical scientists. It is imperativ...Articles - 26 November 2013 |
South Africa: Sephaku to start Lichtenburg quarrySephaku Cement is scheduled to start quarry operations near Lichtenburg, South Africa, early in the New Year. A contractor for the mining work is still to be named, but Pieter Fourie, CEO of Seph...News - 21 November 2013 |