PPC Ltd.

PPC Ltd, a leading supplier of cement, lime (material) and related products in southern Africa, PPC has 11 cement factories and a lime manufacturing facility in six African countries including South Africa, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The recent commissioning of PPC’s milling depot, located in Harare, Zimbabwe and new plants in the DRC and Ethiopia bring PPC’s capacity to around eleven and a half million tons of cement products each year, compared to 8 million tons in 2015.[1]

PPC Ltd
Public (JSE: PPC)
ISINZAE000170049 
Founded1892 (126 years ago)
Headquarters
Pretoria 
,
South Africa 
ProductsCement,

Lime (material), Construction Aggregate,

ReadyMix, Fly Ash
  • ZAR 10,271 billion (2018)
  • ZAR 9,641 billion (2017)
Total assets
  • ZAR 16,206 billion (2018)
  • ZAR 18,035 billion (2017)
Number of employees
3 500+ (2018)
Websitehttps://www.ppc.co.za/

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.

  • A PPC Ltd freightliner.

References
  1. https://quotes.wsj.com/ZA/PPC/company-people

Further reading
  • "Why S&P is upbeat on PPC". Moneyweb. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  • "AfriSam cancels head of terms with PPC". IOL Business Report. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  • PPC Ltd. 2018. Integrated Report 2018. https://thevault.exchange/?get_group_doc=189/1532953157-PPCIR2018OnlineReportLORES.pdf [23 August 2018].
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=879213
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