Africa’s cement, concrete and construction industries are open for business

The African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo provides a unique gateway into doing construction business across the continent’s high growth and high risk markets. The subcontinent requires 40... 

Afrisam Acquires An Equity Stake In Leading Eastern Cape Readymix Concrete Supplier

AfriSam, the largest producer of concrete materials in southern Africa, has acquired an equity stake in Port Elizabeth based Concrete 4 U, expanding its footprint in the Eastern Cape. AfriSam has... 

Commission refers alleged collusion case against NPC to tribunal

South Africa’s Competition Commission has referred a case of alleged indirect price fixing and market division against Natal Portland Cement Cimpor (NPC) to the Competition Tribunal for... 

WTO chairs programme launched in South Africa

The official launch of the South African chapter of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Chairs Programme (WCP) took place at North-West University's (NWU's) Potchefstroom campus on September 17.... 

WTO shoots down Chinese restrictions on rare earths exports

The World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) informed on August 29  that it had adopted the Panel and Appellate Body (PAB) reports, which found that the People’s Republic of... 

Afrisam’s Composite Technology Personifies Its Ethos Of Innovation

AfriSam’s C-Tech cements are pushing the limits of cement and concrete technology to produce products with exceptional performance characteristics which are also environmentally responsible. “Our... 

Pembani appoints new CEO

Investment holding company Pembani on Tuesday announced that it had appointed outgoing Barclays Africa CEO Kennedy Bungane as CEO of the group with effect from August 1. Prior to joining Barclays,... 

Solid foundations for wind turbines

The supply of 4 000 t of cement for the Jeffreys Bay wind farm posed unique challenges and entailed short deadlines so that electricity generation could begin by this month.