PPC Ltd, a supplier of
cement,
lime (material)
Lime is a calcium-containing inorganic material composed primarily of oxides and hydroxide, usually calcium oxide and/or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for calcium oxide which occurs as a product of coal-seam fires and in altered limes ...
and related products in southern Africa. It has 11 cement factories and a lime manufacturing facility in six African countries including
South Africa,
Botswana,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia,
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
and
Zimbabwe. The company is headquartered in
Sandton (Johannesburg).
PPC’s Materials business, consisting of Pronto Holdings (including Pronto Building Materials, Ulula Ash and 3Q Mahuma Concrete), forms part of the company’s channel management strategy for southern Africa. PPC’s footprint in the readymix sector has grown to include 29 batching plants across South Africa and Mozambique and also has the capacity to produce half a million tons of fly ash. PPC also produces aggregates in South Africa and Botswana.
PPC Lime, one of the largest lime producers in the southern hemisphere, produces metallurgical-grade calcitic and dolomitic lime and sinter stone used mainly in the steel and related industries. In 2019, PPC Ltd indicated that currency depreciation in
Zimbabwe had negatively affected the group's bottom-line.
References
External links
Why S&P is upbeat on PPCAs of 3 July 2018 (Available via subscription only).
AfriSam Cancels Head of Terms With PPCA of 25 August 2018.
''PPC Limited Integrated Report 2018''As of 23 August 2018.
Cement companies of South Africa
Manufacturing companies based in Johannesburg
Companies based in Sandton
South African brands
Companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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