Lafarge Africa completes consolidation process
Lafarge Africa Plc, formerly Lafarge Cement Wapco Nigeria Plc, has announced the completion of its acquisition of the Lafarge group’s shareholdings in Lafarge South Africa Holdi...
South Africa
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PPC says slower domestic economic growth hurting volumes
South Africa's largest cement producer, PPC, has said slower domestic economic growth and declining infrastructure spending has resulted in a "particularly tough" domestic market.
Ash Resources’ new Commercial Manager, South Africa
Ash Resources, South Africa’s leading manufacturer and supplier of fly ash products, has appointed Nicola Viljoen as its new Commercial Manager with effect from 1 September 2014...
Cimpor's 1H14 cement sales rise by 10.8%
Cimpor's first-half turnover showed a 4.4 per cent decline to EUR1243.1m, but at constant exchange rates there was a 22 per cent increase, while the EBITDA did improve by 1.6 pe...
South Africa to probe dumping allegations
The International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) is investigating claims that cement from Pakistan is allegedly being dumped in the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu).
Sephaku Aganang works launches clinker production
Dangote subsidiary, Sephaku Cement (SepCem), launched clinker production at its integrated Aganang plant on 20 August 2014, the company confirmed in an operational update. This ...
Aganang works to launch clinker production
Sephaku Cement has completed the commissioning of the clinker production facility at Aganang, South Africa, and is ready to commence production, the company said in a statement....
PPC
PPC has reported a two per cent rise in cement sales for the six months ending March 2014. Revenue came in at ZAR4.16bn (US$0.4bn), an increase of nine per cent on the same peri...
AfriSam launches Supplier Development Centre
AfriSam recently successfully opened its Supplier Development Centre in support of the company’s Enterprise Development Programme which has been implemented as part of a transfo...
PPC: first-half cement sales edge higher
PPC announced its group cement sales were two per cent higher for the first half of the year to the end of March 2014. Improvements in export sales and the consolidation of sale...