PPC Ltd.
 | |
| Company type | Public (JSE: PPC) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1892 (133 years ago) |
| Products | Cement, construction aggregate, ReadyMix, Pre mix fly ash |
| |
| Total assets |
|
Number of employees | 3,000 (2025) |
| Website | www |
PPC Ltd, a supplier of cement,aggregates, readymix and fly ash and related products in southern Africa. PPC’s story dates back over 130 years to where it was first incorporated in South Africa in 1892.
As the country’s first cement plant, and now operating outside of South Africa’s boarders, in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
The company is headquartered in Sandton (Johannesburg).[1]
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.[2]
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. In 2019, PPC Ltd indicated that currency depreciation in Zimbabwe had negatively affected the group's bottom-line.[3]
-
A PPC Ltd freightliner.
.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ The Standard (South Africa) (16 January 2022). "PPC to install solar plant for Colleen Bawn operations". The Standard (South Africa). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "About PPC Ltd". Reuters.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Tanishaa Nadkar and Shounak Dasgupta (20 November 2019). "South African cement firm PPC's earnings hit by Zimbabwe inflation". Reuters.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Why S&P is upbeat on PPC As of 3 July 2018 (Available via subscription only).
- AfriSam Cancels Head of Terms With PPC A of 25 August 2018.
- PPC Limited Integrated Report 2018 As of 23 August 2018.
Companies based in Greater Johannesburg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversified conglomerates | |||
| Airlines |
| ||
| Construction and engineering | |||
| Energy | |||
| Financial |
| ||
| Hospitality | |||
| ICT | |||
| Legal | |||
| Manufacturing |
| ||
| Media | |||
| Mining | |||
| Retail and marketing | |||
| Restaurant franchises | |||
| Services |
| ||
| Transport | |||
| State-owned enterprises | |||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This South African corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |