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India: five cement producers to appeal the CCI order

06 February 2017, Published under Cement News

Five of the seven cement companies which were fined by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in January, for alleged bid rigging of a 2012 tender put out by the Haryana government, will appeal to the Competition Appellate Tribunal. Shree Cement, JK Cement, Ambuja Cements, ACC Ltd and JK Lakshmi Cement will contest the CCI order as they are of the view that they have a ‘good case for succeeding in the appeal.’ Other companies such as UltraTech Cement and Jaiprakash Associates are curren...

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...