In Zimbabwe Lafarge Cement might spend up to US$300mn in new cement unit

The Zimbabwean subsidiary of South Africa-based cement producer PPC is looking to build a factory worth €179.81 million in Zimbabwe. The unit is currently conducting a feasibility study at the limestone deposit in Rushinga. The new plant will have an annual production capacity of one million tonnes.
Meanwhile, another cement producer, Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (Lafarge Cement), is revamping its operations in the country. The firm has posted a €6.46 million net operating income in 2013. In addition, it has s

Cement producer PPC Zimbabwe (PPC) is this month expecting to start building a new plant in Harare, Zimbabwe, after securing US$18 million for the project. The company is also planning to further increase output by building cement grinding plants in Mozambique's Tete province and Harare and a clinker facility in Zimbabwe's Mount Darwin district.

Njombo Lekula, PPC Zimbabwe's MD, said that the company has almost completed a feasibility study to build a cement grinding and clinker plant at Mashonaland in

In February 2016, Kelibone Masiyane assumed overall responsibility of PPC Zimbabwe’s business. His immediate focus was to ensure that the company’s US$85million Harare cement plant project – a key part of PPC’s strategy to offer Zimbabwe ‘strength beyond’ – would be commissioned on time and within budget later that year. Munesu Shoko reports. Over the past few years, PPC, a giant in the African cement industry, has embarked on an African expansion programme to grow revenue outside South Africa and have a