Cement
EU regulator grants conditional approval to HeidelbergCement-Italcementi's $4.1-bn merger
30 May 2016
Grasim Q4 net jumps 37%; to pay 225% dividend
10 May 2016
Competition Tribunal stays Lafarge's India asset sale
14 Apr 2016
The tribunal’s decision comes as a setback to the global merger between French cement giant Lafarge and Swiss building materials firm Holcim
UltraTech calls off bid for Jaypee cement assets
27 Feb 2016
This is the second deal in recent times in the cement sector to be called off due to regulatory hurdles, after Birla Corporation terminated its $750-million offer to acquire two cement assets of LafargeHolcim after being denied limestone-mining rights
Lafarge may exit India as plan to sell part capacity to Birla Corp fails
06 Jan 2016
The decision comes after Lafarge failed to sell 5.15-mt of its cement capacity in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to Birla Corporation for Rs5,000 crore, as the M P Birla group failed to secure limestone mining rights for the two units
Fair trade panel probing cement makers afresh
19 Dec 2015
Compat quashes CCI’s Rs6,316-cr penalty on cement firms
11 Dec 2015
The tribunal asked the fair trade regulator to hear the matter afresh and pass a judgement within three months and also allowed the cement companies to withdraw the penalty amount deposited with the CCI
Srinivasan’s run as global cricket chief ends
09 Nov 2015
With his exit as ICC chairman, N Srinivasan is now left with just one position as head of a cricket body — the president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Birla Corp to buy two cement plants in eastern India from LafargeHolcim for Rs5,000 cr
18 Aug 2015
The mega deal requires approval from regulators in around 17 countries, and the two companies would have to sell assets worth more than $11 billion to comply with competition concerns
Grasim Q1 net almost unchanged at R485 crore
07 Aug 2015
€41-bn Holcim-Lafarge merger gets conditional US, Canadian nod
05 May 2015
The merger of two of the world's biggest cement companies, Switzerland's Holcim and Paris-based Lafarge, will create the world's biggest cement maker with a market cap of $50 billion and annual sales of nearly $43 billion
Holcim shareholders reject revised terms of merger with Lafarge
30 Mar 2015
Russian businessman Filaret Galchev, Holcim's second-largest shareholder, has rejected the revised merger terms as too low, and objected to the move to remove Lafarge boss Bruno Lafont as CEO of the combined group
Holcim seeks renegotiation of merger deal with Lafarge
17 Mar 2015
The merger of the world’s two biggest cement makers, Holcim and Lafarge, is headed for collapse after Holcim demanded a revision of the agreed merger terms
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