South Africa: PPC has partnered with Sinoma Overseas Development to build a US$159m, 1.5Mt/yr cement plant at an existing site in Western Cape. The plant will supply customers in Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Northern Cape. This comes after PPC and Sinoma signed a 'strategic co-operation agreement' in July 2024 that would see them partner with each other to identify new projects and opportunities to improve the efficiency of PPC's operations.
Equipped with solar power and ‘the latest’ technology, the facility will reportedly improve energy efficiency, reduce coal consumption and lower emissions per tonne of cement produced, contributing to reduced production costs.
Over the next three months, the parties will finalise the scope and final assessment of the new plant, as well as the associated turn-key engineering, procurement and construction agreements. Construction of the new plant is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2025, with the plant commissioned by the end of 2026.
PPC CEO Matias Cardarelli said "With this new and most advanced energy and environmentally efficient plant in the country, we will be able to supply our customers with lower-carbon cement at a more competitive cost.”
