"On the results of an audit it was established that the Heidelberg Vostok Cement and Semey Cement plants were limiting the access of direct consumers to their products during 2005-06 as well as using various contractual relations with consumers and maintaining prearranged prices, which are violation of the Kazakh anti-monopoly legislation," said Aliakpar Matishev, chairman of the committee for protecting competition under the Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Trade, at a news conference in Astana today.
He noted that the committee issued a warrant to fine the Heidelberg Vostok Cement plant over 107m tenge and the Semey Cement Plant limited liability partnership 120m tenge (current rate: a dollar is 120.98 tenge)
"The companies have fully admitted their guilt and already paid the fines," Matishev said.
