Ambuja Cement Share Gains After Adani Group Wins Race To Buy Holcim Stake In Ambuja, ACC
News 18Ambuja Cement shares surged 10 per cent in early trades on Monday after Adani Group acquired a controlling stake in Swiss major Holcim’s India business. Adani Group has agreed to buy Holcim’s India assets — the two publicly listed cement companies Ambuja Cements and ACC — in a $10.5-billion deal. Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, said, “Not only is India expected to remain one of the world’s largest demand-driven economies for several decades, but also continues to be the world’s second largest cement market, and yet, has less than half of the global average per capita cement consumption. When these factors are combined with the several adjacencies of our existing businesses that include the Adani Group’s ports and logistics business, energy business, and real estate business, we believe that we will be able to build a uniquely integrated and differentiated business model and set ourselves up for significant capacity expansion.” Ambuja has a grinding capacity of 31 mtpa and plans to expand it to 40 mtpa in the next two years.