Cement News tagged under: Acquistions
HeidelbergCement divests Spanish assets to Cemex05 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement pushes forward its portfolio optimisation programme, and has signed agreements to sell its regional aggregates and ready-mixed concrete businesses in the regions of Catalonia, Madrid and Asturias as well as its ready-mixed concrete business on the Balearic Islands to different buyers. The assets acquired by Cemex from HeidelbergCement include a limestone quarry with a waste management operation serving Madrid and three concrete plants in the Balearic islands. Di... |
Siam Cement to buy Vietnamese packaging company07 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement is to acquire a Vietnamese packaging materials maker, Bien Hoa Packaging. The group will purchase Bien Hoa Packaging through a joint venture with top Japanese cardboard maker Rengo. Siam Cement said the size of the deal has yet to be determined, but estimated it would be less than 15 per cent of the Thai group's total assets as of the end of December, which came to THB634.7bn (US$19.2m). Bien Hoa produces 90,000t of cardboard boxes and 10,000t of food packaging materials a year... |
HeidelbergCement Bangladesh to acquire Meghna Energy19 July 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe Board of Directors of the HeidelbergCement Bangladesh Ltd has approved the draft scheme of amalgamation of the Meghna Energy Ltd with the HeidelbergCement Bangladesh Ltd subject to sanction by the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and approval of the same by the members of the Company and Meghna Energy Ltd. HeidelbergCement Bangladesh Ltd will acquire 4,056,457 shares (99.99 per cent) in Meghna Energy at an estimated consideration of BDT910m (US$10.77m). Out of whi... |
Breedon enters agreement to acquire Lagan Group (Holdings) Ltd17 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsBreedon Group Plc has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Lagan Group (Holdings) Ltd (Lagan), a leading Belfast-based construction materials business, for a cash consideration of GBP455m on a cash- and debt-free basis. The consideration will be financed by a combination of a new GBP150m term loan, a new GBP350m revolving credit facility which replaces Breedon's existing GBP300m revolving facility and a GBP170m equity placing. "We are delighted to have completed our largest a... |
The Ministry of Coal cancels mining licence09 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsIndia's Ministry of Coal has cancelled the mining licence for the Mandla South coal block won by Jaypee Cement, following the sale of the attached plants to UltraTech Cement. Jaypee sold three of the four projects linked to the block in Madhya Pradesh to UltraTech in January 2017, reports The Economic Times. According to a letter written by the Ministry, "The successful bidder had sold the end use plants, which is major lapse on the part of successful bidder and also shows the clear inten... |
Vietnam: Thai acquisitions face tough competition15 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsThai companies have spent around US$600m acquiring assets in Vietnam even as the country’s cement producers face shrinking export markets and tougher domestic competition, Vietnam Net reports. At the end of February, LafargeHolcim completed the sale of its 65 per cent stake in its Vietnamese subsidiary to Siam City Cement (SCC) for at least US$550m. With the purchase, SCC now has 6.1Mta of capacity and a 20 per cent market share in southern Vietnam. Siam City’s domestic rival Siam Ceme... |
USA: FTC approves HeidelbergCement divestiture16 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has given its approval to an application from HeidelbergCement and Italcementi for the divestiture of the Essroc Martinsburg cement plant in West Virginia and eight cement terminals, local newspaper the Morning Call reports. The plant and terminals are to be acquired by Cementos Argos for US$660m. The divestiture was required by the FTC to preserve competition in the face of the merger of HeidelbergCement and Italcementi. The deal was originally ag... |
Sagar Cement to invest US$22m in new capacity18 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based cement producer Sagar Cement has announced that it plans to spend INR1.45bn (US$22m) over the next two years to expand its operations, the Hindu reports. The sum includes INR660m (US$10m) to purchase a 1.8Mta grinding unit currently owned by Toshali Cements in Bayyavaram, Andhra Pradesh. Sreekanth Reddy, Executive Director, Sagar Cement, said: “This acquisition will bring down logistics cost and facilitate Sagar to introduce slag cement in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha”. ... |
Deadline day reached for Lafarge India bids04 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsToday (4 July) sees the passing of the deadline by which bidders must submit binding offers for Lafarge India's assets. According to press sources, five companies – three domestic and two foreign – are in the running for the facilities, which include production capacity of 11Mta. The five firms submitting their bids today are: Cemex, Anhui Conch, JSW Cement, Piramal Enterprises and the Nirma Group. Of the five, only JSW Cement has a significant presence in the Indian market: the company h... |
India: Jaypee Group debts threaten cement unit sale04 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsCreditors of Indian conglomerate Jaypee Group have invoked debt restructuring provisions that allow them to convert loans into equity, turning them into the firm’s majority shareholders, reports the Economic Times. Jaypee Group is struggling under debts of INR582.5bn (US$8.7bn) and had agreed to sell its cement unit to UltraTech Cement to raise capital. Following the move by banks, UltraTech is understood to have written to the Gaur family – who founded and still run Jaypee – questioning ... |