India: UltraTech Cement has completed the acquisition of cement plants of Jaypee Cement Corporation (JCCL) in Gujarat State. UltraTech informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the acquisition process had been completed and became effective from 12 June 2014.
In September 2013 UltraTech acquired the cement unit of JCCL, which comprised an integrated cement plant at Sewagram and a grinding plant at Wanakbori, for US$627m. Post-acquisition, UltraTech's total capacity in India stands at 58.8Mt/yr. Including overseas capacity it is 62Mt/yr.
UltraTech completes acquisition of cement units of Jaypee Cement
Written by Global Cement staff
Published in
Global Cement News
Tagged under
Register for the Global Cement Weekly email newsletter
Global Cement Weekly is Global Cement’s weekly email newsletter. Keep up to date with cement industry news, analysis, diary dates and news of people in the sector.