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Project No :174168
Project Title :Plans To Supply Cements Projects In India
Company Name : Ambuja Cement Ltd
Project Detail :Having put their merger on hold, ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements - the two Indian units of LafargeHolcim - today said they plan to enter into a 'master supply agreement' with each other

Both the companies have sought approval from their shareholders to "enter into, execute and deliver the master supply agreement" with each other, they said in separate regulatory filings

The agreement is for supply of cement, clinker and raw materials such as fuels, fly ash, slag and gypsum. This would also include spare parts

"Each individual contract/arrangement/ transaction shall be carried out by way of purchase order based on the requirement of the company," it added

According to the pricing formula, for cement they would provide discount of 5 per cent to each other on their average net selling price

On May 5 last year, ACC and Ambuja Cements had announced to explore merger. However, on February 26, they informed stock exchanges that they are not proceeding with the plan

On the basis of a comprehensive evaluation carried out by both the special committee and Board of Directors of the company, the board is of the opinion that there are at present certain constraints in implementing a merger between the company and Ambuja Cements," ACC had said

ACC has a cement capacity of 33.5 million tonne while Ambuja has a capacity of 29.65 million tonnes

Ambuja has also recently announced a capex of Rs 1,391 crore that it plans on spending on setting up a 3.1 MT greenfield clinkerisation plant at Marwar Mundawa in Rajasthan

ACC, on the other hand, had announced a Rs 600-crore capital expenditure plan last year in March focused on setting up five ready-mix concrete plants along with undertaking debottlenecking across its projects in the country. The two comp

Project Location : Not Classified - Not Classified - india
Project Industry :Cement and Asbestos Products
Project Estimation :Refer Document
Status :Announced
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