AfriSam News

21st June 2022 Leading the market in reducing clinker content in its composite cements, AfriSam has been a trailblazer in cutting carbon emissions in one of the economy’s most energy-intensive sectors. Hannes Meyer, executive cementitious at AfriSam, highlights that the energy consumed in producing ordinary... →

10th June 2022 A lack of genuine infrastructure development over the past ten years has reduced demand for aggregates, placing significant pressure on local quarries, says construction materials supplier AfriSam. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue, which is epitomised by the lack of road... →

17th May 2022 Having made an early start to its sustainability journey, AfriSam’s roadmap to the future makes it an environmental leader in the cement sector today. It has been almost 30 years since AfriSam published its environmental policy – the first among its peers. Since then the company has set the... →

12th April 2022 Keeping the goods flowing between the port of Durban and the powerhouse of Johannesburg has always been a basic pillar of South Africa’s economic life; current roadwork on this vital corridor is hoping to streamline traffic and boost trade. Since April 2021, JSE-listed Raubex Construction has... →

18th March 2022 It is proposed that a photovoltaic solar plant be built on the eastern side of Dudfield, an existing factory. →

2nd March 2022 Speaking at AfriSam’s recent National Budget Breakdown function, an annual event now in its fifth year, Dr Azar Jammine, director and chief economist of Econometrix, gave a thumbs up to the 2022 budget, saying it was “highly satisfactory with no harm”. He cautioned, however, that servicing the... →