Pretoria Portland Cement Company
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Pretoria Portland Cement Company or simply PPC Cement is an South Africa
n 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 .
Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited (PPC) established the first cement plant in South Africa
in 1892 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1910.
PPC is the leading supplier of cement in Southern Africa, .
The company has a distribution network that is responsible for supplying quality branded cement to the building and construction industry, concrete product manufacturers, hardware stores and DIY centres.
PPC is the market leader in South Africa with a product range that encompasses all applications and a technical services team that is on hand to provide industry solutions.
Related products sold include aggregates from the company's Gauteng
quarries at Mooiplaas and Laezonia, and in Botswana.
PPC Lime is the leading supplier of metallurgical-grade lime, burnt dolomite, limestone and related products in southern Africa. It operates one of the largest lime plants in the world at Lime Acres in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n cement producing company
Cement
In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...
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 .
Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited (PPC) established the first cement plant in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in 1892 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1910.
PPC is the leading supplier of cement in Southern Africa, .
The company has a distribution network that is responsible for supplying quality branded cement to the building and construction industry, concrete product manufacturers, hardware stores and DIY centres.
PPC is the market leader in South Africa with a product range that encompasses all applications and a technical services team that is on hand to provide industry solutions.
Related products sold include aggregates from the company's Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
quarries at Mooiplaas and Laezonia, and in Botswana.
PPC Lime is the leading supplier of metallurgical-grade lime, burnt dolomite, limestone and related products in southern Africa. It operates one of the largest lime plants in the world at Lime Acres in the Northern Cape, South Africa.