Sibtsement and Rostekhnologii planning joint cement holding
2010-07-13
Sibtsement and
Rostekhnologii are planning to create a joint cement holding. Sibtsement intends to contribute three of its deposit fields, and Rostekhnologii to invest money in return for a 25% stake in the company
.
Russian government departments and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) have opposed the transfer of government owned assets, including shares in
Iskitimtsement, to a joint cement holding. The Finance Ministry has decided that such a holding is unlikely to become commercially viable, and the FAS claims that it would undermine
market competition in Siberia.