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PED assures safety for petrochemicals equipment

Global supplier of high-alloy steel components Steloy Castings credits its share of the international and South African petrochemicals market to conforming with the stringent quality-assurance requirements necessitated by the petrochemicals...
22 Mar 13
 
 
Construction

Company offers flexible ceiling solutions

Interior finishing products manufacturer Lafarge Gypsum, a subsidiary of building materials supplier Lafarge South Africa, says it offers a flexible range of standardised components that enable the quick and practical installation of its ceiling...
27 Apr 12
 
 
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Afrimat buys clinker processor for R123.5m

JSE-listed materials supplier Afrimat has acquired clinker processor, Clinker Supplies, in a R123.5-million deal.
20 Jan 12
 
 
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Afrimat makes R124m clinker move

JSE-listed materials supplier Afrimat has acquired clinker processor, Clinker Supplies, in a R123.5-million deal. The Clinker Supplies group includes the businesses of Clinker Supplies and SA Block. Afrimat CEO Andries van Heerden said on Monday...
12 Dec 11
 
 
BUILDING MATERIALS

Illiad sees gradual recovery in 2011 after ‘encouraging’ first quarter

Building materials supplier Iliad experienced “encouraging” trading results in the first quarter of 2011 and expects a gradual recovery towards the end of the year, CEO Eugene Beneke said on Wednesday. “This will, however, depend on a...
16 Mar 11
 
 
BUILDING MATERIALS

Afrimat concludes Glen Douglas acquisition

JSE-listed materials supplier Afrimat said on Wednesday that it had concluded the R35-million acquisition of the Glen Douglas openpit dolomite mine, in Gauteng, from diversified miner Exxaro. The acquisition would become unconditional on January...
08 Dec 10
 
 
MATERIALS SUPPLY

Afrimat believes Glen Douglas mine will be fortune changer

JSE-listed materials supplier Afrimat should be in full control of the Glen Douglas openpit dolomite mine, in Gauteng, by January 1, said Afrimat CEO Andries van Heerden on Monday. The newcomer, which joined the Afrimat fold as a result of the...
08 Nov 10
 
 
Construction Materials

New soil stabilising cement aligned 
with South Africa’s road prospects

Building materials supplier Lafarge South Africa sees potential growth in the rehabilitation of roads and the building of new ones, despite an otherwise depressed construction market outlook.

Speaking during a media visit at the company’s...
03 Sep 10
 
 
BUILDING MATERIALS

Decline in building plans passed may be ‘bottoming' - Iliad

There are tentative signs of a "bottoming out" in the 24-month-long decline in the number of building plans passed in South Africa, Iliad CEO Eugene Beneke told investors on Wednesday. However, it would be premature to call a recovery, with...
25 Aug 10
 
 
BUILDING MATERIALS

Iliad expects gradual building materials recovery from 2011

Building materials supplier Iliad reported a sharp decline in earnings for the six months to June 30, 2010, with headline earnings for the period falling to R20,5-million from R29,3-million in the comparative period for 2009. The JSE-listed...
24 Aug 10
 
 
FINANCIAL RESULTS

Buildworks interim profit more than doubles

AltX-listed building materials supplier and power distribution company Buildworks has boosted its interim profit by 141% to R41-million, it reported on Tuesday. Buildworks, which bought unlisted power distribution company Conco last year, has...
 
 
BUILDING MATERIALS

Dawn expects earnings to improve after dismal interim period

JSE-listed building materials supplier Dawn was confident that the corporate actions it had taken in recent months would deliver an improved performance in the second half of its 2010 financial year, while a pickup in South Africa’s building and...
10 Mar 10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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