CEMENT PRODUCER SWEATS OVER IMPORTS

THE country’s largest cement producer, Pretoria Portland
Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe is feeling the heat from imports and has called on
Government to promulgate protectionist laws to promote local production.

Government lifted a two- year import ban o…

THE country’s largest cement producer, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe is feeling the heat from imports and has called on Government to promulgate protectionist laws to promote local production. Government lifted a two- year import ban on some basic commodities including cement last October as a measure to deal with rampant shortages that drove public into panic buying. Cement