Pretoria Portland Cement Limited

Pretoria Portland Cement Limited

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Company Limited is the holding company for a group of companies that manufacture and distribute cement, lime and limestone products. A leading supplier of cement and related products in southern Africa, PPC produces over 11 million tonnes of cement products each year from its 11 factories in South Africa, Botswana, Congo D. R., Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. The company is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.

Background

The company manufactures and supplies paper sacks and containers for use in the cement and other industries. The company's Materials business comprises of Safika Cement, Pronto Readymix (including Ulula Ash), and 3Q Mahuma Concrete. Pretoria Portland Cement Ltd is also a producer of aggregates, with its Mooiplaas aggregates quarry in Gauteng having the largest aggregate production capacity in South Africa. PPC Lime, one of the largest lime producers in the southern hemisphere, produces metallurgical-grade lime, burnt dolomite and limestone. Pretoria additionally has investments in businesses supplying cement based products.