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India: COMPAT stays UltraTech’s CCI penalty

23 November 2016, Published under Cement News

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has granted a stay on an order passed by the Competition Commmission of India (CCI) against UltraTech Cement on deposit of 10 per cent of the penalty amount. CCI handed UltraTech a INR11.75bn (US$171.6m) penalty in August 2016 for supporting cartelisation. In total the CCI handed out penalties amounting to over INR67bn to 11 cement firms for this matter, including UltraTech, Ambuja, ACC, JK Cement and Ramco, as well as the Cement Manufacturers A...

Court puts industry fine on hold, Argentina

13 July 2012, Published under Cement News

Argentina’s Supreme Court has put on hold a ARS$300m (US$66m) fine imposed on cement companies in 2005 by the competition authority CNDC based on evidence of alleged collusion and dividing the market between them. The cement companies listed are Loma Negra, Cemento San Martin, Juan Minetti, Cementos Avellaneda and Petroquimica Comodoro Rivadavia that have been contesting the ruling since.