BIG BIDDER

September 2016

Harsh Lodha, Chairman, Birla Corp, has cracked the ´important transaction´ in the company´s history. The company has acquired Reliance Infrastructure...

Tags: Harsh Lodha, Important transaction, Birla Corp, Reliance Infrastructure Cement

Cementing Proposition

September 2016

A spate of mergers and acquisitions has marked the Indian cement industry in the past couple of years. News reports peg the volume of capacity that h...

Tags: Precast Construction, Cement, Lafarge, Holcim, Heidelberg Cement, Italcementi, UltraTech, Jaypee, Birla Corp, Reliance Cement, Power, Fuel Consumption, Anil Kumar Pillai, The Ramco Cements, RCPT

Five final contenders to buy Lafarge India

August 2016

Ajay Piramal Group, Nirma and Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Cement have emerged as the strongest contenders to acquire Lafarge´s entire India cement portfoli...

Tags: Ajay Piramal Group, Nirma, Sajjan Jindal, JSW Cement, Anhui Conch Cement Company, LafargeHolcim, Birla Corp

Rel Infra looks to divest toll road assets by Sept

June 2016

The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. is contemplating selling its 11 toll road assets to an overseas buyer for $1.5 billion. The company ...

Tags: Anil Ambani, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Birla Corp, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Canadian fund

Birla Corporation´s brand building

April 2016

Birla Corporation is currently focusing on building a brand image for its cement range....

Tags: Birla Corporation, Building, Maharashtra

Birla Corp seals Rs.4,800 Cr cement deal with Reliance Infra

March 2016

Reliance Infrastructure has sold its cement subsidiary to Birla Corp for Rs 4,800 crore at a valuation of $140 a tonne. ...

Tags: Reliance Infrastructure, Cement, Birla Corp

Birla Corp front runner to buy Anil Ambani´s cement business in Rs.5,000 cr deal

February 2016

Birla Corp has emerged as the front runner to acquire Anil Ambani´s cement business, a wholly-owned arm of flagship Reliance Infrastructure...

Tags: Birla Corp, Anil Ambani, Cement, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Group

Birla Corp acquires Lafarge assets

October 2015

Birla Corp has agreed to acquire two cement units of Lafarge India that the French company has to sell, to conclude its global merger with Holcim, be...

Tags: Birla Corp, Lafarge India, Holcim, Beating, PSC