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India: cement prices to hold up thanks to merger deals

06 April 2016, Published under Cement News

India's stock researcher Livemint is forecasting that mergers like that between JP Associates Ltd and UltraTech Cement Ltd and also Birla Corp Ltd and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd will rationalise ownership to support cement prices. Meanwhile, with government projects gaining traction in areas like state metros, highways, low-cost housing and dedicated freight corridors, besides irrigation and water supply, demand and consequently cement dispatches are likely to improve from the fourth quar...

Sagar reportedly in talks to buy Jaypee's Andhra Cements

19 January 2016, Published under Cement News

Sagar Cements is in advanced talks to acquire Andhra Cements from the Jaypee Group, the Economic Times (ET) of India has learnt from two sources. JSW Cement is another potential contender, according to the sources. Andhra Cements has two plants in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with a combined capacity of 2.6Mta. It also has a 25MW captive power plant under construction. The sources said that Sagar Cements will make an open offer to the minority shareholders of Andhra Cem...

Jaypee Group’s cement assets up for grabs

29 December 2015, Published under Cement News

Jaypee Group is planning for an outright sale of its 20Mt portfolio of cement assets worth an estimated INR190 (US$2.86bn) enterprise valuation. UltraTech, Dalmia Bharat backed by private equity investor KKR and Shree Cement have each been approached to take over Jaypee Group’s cement business. Other private equity firms are also reported to have been approached with a detailed information memorandum of operations. Jaypee Group, one of the top ten most indebted Indian conglomerates with a ...

India: Jaypee Group may sell remainder of cement business

08 December 2015, Published under Cement News

India-based Jaypee Group is to offload the remainder of its cement business with disposals expected to be concluded by March, Business Standard (India) reported citing sources familiar with the deal.  The proceeds will be used by Jaiprakash Associates to retire a part of its ~INR61,285 crore debt held in 2014-15, down from ~INR72,599 crore in 2013-14. Jaiprakash Associates had earlier sold two cement units in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to UltraTech Cement. It also sold its stake in the B...

Jaiprakash reportedly in talks to sell Bhilai unit to UltraTech

21 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Jaypee Group company Jaiprakash Associates is in talks with UltraTech Cement to sell its 2.2Mta cement plant in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh state, Business Standard report suggests. The Bhilai plant is a joint venture between Jaypee Group (74 per cent stake) and public sector Steel Authority of India (26 per cent). Sources say Ultratech will pay around INR2000 crore in a deal that would lift the company's overall capacity to 67Mta. When asked to comment by Business Standard, a Jaypee Group spokes...

Indian joint venture on the cards?

17 March 2015, Published under Cement News

The Jaypee Group is in talks with HeidelbergCement and JSW Cement, to form a joint venture which will control the majority of its cement plants as part of an ongoing exercise to reduce debt, the Economic Times of India reports. The plan envisages a separate joint venture entity which will house around 20-22Mta of Jaypee’s operational units spread across Uttar Pradesh, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh and a new greenfield unit in Karnataka, which is expected to come on-stre...

Jaypee reportedly in talks to sell Panipat grinding unit

11 March 2014, Published under Cement News

Holcim, via its ACC arm, is in preliminary acquire the Jaypee Group’s grinding unit in Panipat, Haryana state, two sources familiar with the situation told the Economic Times of India. The move would expand Holcim’s presence in the north of the country. ACC has a cement plant in nearby Himachal Pradesh, and if JP’s grinding unit is absorbed it would be “beneficial logistically and even in terms of costs,” the ET quoted one source as saying. A domestic player based in the north of the count...

CRH – acquisition key to growth

07 January 2013, Published under Cement News

A development spending update released yesterday by CRH shows that growth through vertical integration continued to be a key strategy for the Irish building materials major through 2012. But with spending still subdued compared to 2006 peaks levels, will 2013 see the company step up its acquisition activity and which markets offer the potential for takeover opportunities? In its twice-yearly development statement, CRH said it closed 2012 with acquisitions and investments reaching almost EU...

Jaypee/Aditya Birla talks advance, India

10 December 2012, Published under Cement News

Talks between the Jaypee Group for its sale of its Gujarat based cement units to Aditya Birla have moved into the final stages, according to local media reports, adding that valuations of the deal have continued to put hurdles in the way of the deal. Reports that the Birla group have been negotiating for the price Jaypee Gujarat cement units and if the deal proceeds they may end up paying around US$800m. It said that the Birlas have offered US$160/t of capacity, much lower than the US$200/t...

Jaiprakash Associates 4Q profit down 7%, India

01 June 2012, Published under Cement News

Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, part of the Jaypee Group, reported a decline in its net profit for the fourth-quarter, despite higher income from cement and cement products. Net profit was INR283.61 crore or INR1.28/share, down seven per cent from INR303.61 crore (INR1.37/share) in the year-ago quarter. During the quarter, income from cement and cement products segment stood at INR1686.72 crore, compared with INR1,568.49 crore in Q4FY11, an increase of eight per cent. The construction division'...