Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has acted to shield itself from the wrath of the competition authorities by spilling the beans about alleged anticompetitive activities in the cement sector. Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has acted to shield itself from the wrath of the competition authorities by spilling the beans about alleged anticompetitive activities in the cement sector. The cement manufacturer joined other companies in other sectors such as Scaw Metals and Sasol by confessing all. In return the competition commission granted PPC conditional leniency against prosecution, according to an announcement last week, in exchange for complete disclosure of the company's alleged market-sharing arrangements in the late 1990s. PPC said last week an internal PPC investigation uncovered market-sharing allocation agreements the company had been part of. The confession has sparked a wider probe into cement producers and comes as a detailed examination of anticompetitive behaviour ...
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