The history of the company is closely linked to the growth and development of the country. PPC has produced cement for many of the country’s most famous landmarks and construction projects. These include the Union Buildings, the Gariep Dam, Van Stadens River Bridge, the Huguenot Tunnel and much of the rest of southern Africa’s infrastructure.

PPC Cement is the leading supplier of cement in southern Africa. Its nine manufacturing facilities in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana have capacity to produce 6,9 million tons of cementitious products per annum. The company’s distribution network supplies quality branded cement to the building and construction industry, concrete product manufacturers and retail outlets such as builders merchants, hardware stores and DIY centres. The company’s cementitious brands include the market-leading “Surebuild” brand in South Africa, “Botcem” in Botswana and “Unicem” in Zimbabwe. In addition to serving the southern African domestic markets, cement is exported to other African countries and the Indian Ocean islands.

Related products sold include aggregates from the company’s Gauteng quarries at Mooiplaas and Laezonia and in Botswana.

PPC Lime is the leading supplier of metallurgical grade lime, burnt dolomite, limestone and related products in southern Africa. It operates one of the largest lime plants in the world at Lime Acres in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Lime is one of the world’s most widely used chemicals. Its major applications include its use as a flux in pyrometallurgical industries (e.g. steel making) and as a neutraliser, coagulant or chemical catalyst in gold extraction, water purification, effluent treatment, sugar refining and the manufacture of industrial chemicals. Hydrated lime is used primarily for water purification and soil stabilisation. Graded and crushed limestone products are sold to the water treatment and metallurgical industries.

Dolomite products are sold primarily to the metallurgical industries.