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Rail carriages are pictured at the Siggenthal plant of cement maker Holcim in Wurenlingen near Zurich, Switzerland. Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Holcim Lafarge sale ups Chinese ownership of African cement marketKanjyik Ghosh and Surbhi Misra

PG Bison unveils new SupaWood Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF) line in Mkhondo

PG Bison unveils new SupaWood Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF) line in Mkhondo

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Stellenbosch University hosted the demonstration leg of the Milken-Motsepe Green Energy Prize competition.

Milken-Motsepe prize finalists open up SA green energy opportunities

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Leroy Merlin ploughs over R1bn into SA business

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GXN envisions mobile 3D printing robots as future of construction

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Five ways buildings of the future will use biotech to become living things

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Builders reveals new store prototype in Boksburg

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3D concrete printing could free the world from boring buildings

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French hardware giant Leroy Merlin readies to open in SA

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Sassda looks to boost East Africa stainless steel trade

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By ICAPlants, CC BY-SA 3.0,

MIGA backs Nigerian float glass plant

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Builders Warehouse African expansion gains momentum with third store in Mozambique

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Claassen has 'the right skills' to lead PPC

Claassen has 'the right skills' to lead PPC

Mark Allix 16 Feb 2018

Italtile bucks trend as turnover soars

Italtile bucks trend as turnover soars

Mark Allix 8 Feb 2018

Volume of cement PPC sold in 2017 falls, but it remains ahead of competitors

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Robert Laing 5 Feb 2018

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Analyst hails PPC's debt rescheduling at DRC plant

Mark Allix 23 Jan 2018

#Newsmaker: Marli de Wet on her award-winning design project

#Newsmaker: Marli de Wet on her award-winning design project

Jessica Tennant 11 Jan 2018

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Made-in-Rwanda Expo ends with calls to buy local

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Fifth WoodEX for Africa exhibition set for July 2018

Fifth WoodEX for Africa exhibition set for July 2018

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Caterpillar to invest more than R1bn in Southern Africa in next decade

Caterpillar to invest more than R1bn in Southern Africa in next decade

Mark Allix 6 Oct 2017

Prudential opposes AfriSam, PPC deal

Prudential opposes AfriSam, PPC deal

Mark Allix 3 Oct 2017

AfriSam upbeat on PPC merger

AfriSam upbeat on PPC merger

Mark Allix 22 Sep 2017

Kenya, Tanzania decorative paints, coatings market set for high growth

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21 Apr 2017

German developer Jörg Duske has built student accommodation out of recycled shipping containers.

The plug and play city: how shipping containers are changing infrastructure

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Dangote opens Zambia plant in expansion plan

Dangote opens Zambia plant in expansion plan

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Cement sector in DRC continues to expand

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PPC increases stake in Ethiopian-based cement company to 51%

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Prudential opposes AfriSam, PPC deal

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AfriSam upbeat on PPC merger

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Kenya, Tanzania decorative paints, coatings market set for high growth

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German developer Jörg Duske has built student accommodation out of recycled shipping containers.

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Dangote opens Zambia plant in expansion plan

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Cement sector in DRC continues to expand

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