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CEMENT

Commission’s cement data restrictions questioned

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Construction development company Business & Marketing Intelligence (BMI) Building Strategy Research Unit principal consultant Dr Llewellyn Lewis has called on the Competition Commission to reverse its decision to prohibit the centralised...

By: Schalk Burger

03 Feb 12

CEMENT STATISTICS

Commission’s cement data restrictions questioned

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CONSTRUCTION

M&R's proposed R2bn rights issue not 'a rescue scenario', says Laas

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JSE-listed Murray & Roberts on Tuesday proposed raising around R2-billion in a rights offer to enable the construction group to reduce its overall debt, fund delivery of its order book and continue with its growth strategy. The announcement came...

By: Irma Venter

31 Jan 12

CEMENT

PPC ‘cautiously optimistic’ about demand

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Despite persisting international economic turmoil, cement producer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) said it remained “cautiously optimistic” about the outlook for cement demand in South Africa and Zimbabwe. “Current trends in cement demand...

TRADING UPDATE

Group Five moves to sell loss-making materials unit as earnings fall

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JSE-listed construction company Group Five reported on Friday that it was in discussions with several companies regarding the sale of its loss-making construction materials businesses. The disposal announcement was made together with a trading...

By: Terence Creamer

27 Jan 12

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Afrimat buys clinker processor for R123.5m

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JSE-listed materials supplier Afrimat has acquired clinker processor, Clinker Supplies, in a R123.5-million deal.

By: Irma Venter

20 Jan 12

Construction Materials

Construction group exceeds pipe jacking project targets

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JSE-listed civil engineering and construction group Esorfranki says it exceeded its pipejacking project targets for 2011.

Construction equipment

New Holland introduces new construction equipment range

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Riaan Hoffmann national sales manager Eqstra

Capital equipment group New Holland Construction has launched a new range of products to the South African market. The company has introduced the redesigned and reengineered range of its 200 series loading machines, including the Skid Steer L218...

By: Megan Wait

20 Jan 12

Topics in these articles

Company	Continent	Facility	Industry Term
AfriSam Lafarge Lafarge Industries South Africa Bombela Concession Company Gautrain Pretoria Portland Cement Group Five R7.4 Afrimat Clinker Supplies Clinker Supplies Group China Jiangsu International Civcon Eskom Esorfranki Johannesburg Water Stefanutti WBHO New Holland New Holland Construction	Africa	Concrete Institute Gautrain De Hoek Factory Eskom’s Medupi Power Station North West University OR Tambo International Airport	Cement Cement Cartel Ruling Cement Market Share Cartel Cement Producer Cement Producers Cement Use Statistics Real-time Synchronisation Bank Facilities Steel Administered Energy Prices Cement Demand Cement Industry Cement Pricing Momentum Cement Sales Cement Extenders Mobile-crushing Services Materials Supplier Civil Contractor Con-struction Construction Pipes Steel Shield Capital Equipment
Person	Sports Event	Organisation	Country
Llewellyn Lewis Natal Portland Cement Cimpor Simon Roberts Gautrain Henry Laas Johnson Arabia Andries Van Heerden Anton Naude Eqstra Riaan Hoffmann	The 2010 World Cup	Gautrain	Botswana South Africa Zimbabwe
Natural Feature	Product	Region	City
Western Cape	PPC	Eastern Europe Middle East	Alrode Sasolburg Vereeniging GABORONE Johannesburg Pretoria Tshwane