PPC reports earnings growth as Zim operations deliver ‘outstanding’ performance

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JSE-listed cement and construction materials company PPC notes in a trading update for the five-month period to August 31, that group earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased by 40% year-on-year while the group Ebitda margin strengthened by 6.2 percentage…

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