PPC Commissioning New Ethiopia’s Cement Plant

By Wallace Mawire [caption id="attachment_37218" align="alignleft" width="300"] PPC chief executive Darryll Castle. File picture: Simphiwe Mbokazi[/caption] Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) is to commission one of its cement plant projects in Ethiopia soon as the company implements its expansion strategy in Africa. Darryll Castle, PPC Chief Executive Officer recently revealed at the commissioning of the $82 million Harare cement plant that the company had initiated similar projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia. Peter Nelson, PPC Group Chairperson said that the company’s inclusive approach of doing business through partnerships and localisation had resulted in its success. Nelson said that the approach has been replicated and taken PPC to other countries like Rwanda, DRC and Ethiopia. He added that Zimbabwe was one of the first countries that the company invested in, in 2001 when it decided to implement its expansion strategy.