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PPC Zimbabwe managing director steps down

19 October 2023, Published under Cement News

PPC Zimbabwe Ltd has announced the resignation of its managing director, Kelibone Masiyane. Mr Masiyane joined the company in 1994 as a trainee electrical engineer at the Colleen Bawn plant, before becoming manager of both that and the Bulawayo plant in 2009. He was appointed managing director of PPC in 2016, reports Chronicle. “After 29 years of service at PPC Zimbabwe Limited, seven years of which were spent at the helm of the company, Mr Kelibone Masiyane informed the board of the...

PPC Zimbabwe to keep Colleen Bawn plant open

15 February 2018, Published under Cement News

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), has cancelled plans to shut down its Colleen Bawn cement plant in Gwanda, Zimbabwe, following talks with the government. Late last year PPC Zimbabwe had suggested the possibility of closing the factory in Matabeleland, citing pressure from cheap imported clinker, smuggling of cement products and high local manufacturing costs. "We have continued to engage the Zimbabwean Government. PPC Zimbabwe appreciates the support we have so far received, as expressed...