Pretoria Portland Cement Company
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Public (JSE: PPC) | |
Founded | 1892 |
Total assets | US$ 873 million (2010) |
Number of employees | 3,097 (2007) |
Website | http://www.ppc.co.za |
Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited or simply PPC Cement is a South African cement producing company with eight manufacturing facilities and three milling depots in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. These facilities are capable of producing more than seven million tons of cement products each year.[1]
The company supplies cement to the building and construction industry, concrete product manufacturers, hardware stores and DIY centres. Related products sold include aggregates from the company's Gauteng quarries at Mooiplaas and Laezonia, and in Botswana.
PPC Lime supplies metallurgical-grade lime, burnt dolomite, limestone and related products in southern Africa. It operates one of the lime plants at Lime Acres in the Northern Cape, South Africa.