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India: Dalmia Bharat is the frontrunner to buy Kalyanpur Cement following an auction for the Bihar-based cement producer. The bidding process follows a debt resolution plan for Kalyanpur Cement, according to the Economic Times. Dalmia Bharat’s winning bid has been submitted by the creditors to the Kolkata bench of the National Company Law Tribunal for approval.

Kalyanpur Cement owes more than US$94m to its creditors and its was declared bankrupt in May 2017. It operates a 1Mt/yr cement plant at Banjari.

India: JSW Cement plans to bid for Binani Cement. Managing director Parth Jindal said that the cement producer would partner with a private equity fund to make the offer, according to the Economic Times newspaper. He added that the company is looking for acquisitions in the cement sector. It has also made a bid for Kalyanpur Cement that has a cement production capacity of 1Mt/yr in Bihar. The company aims to reach a production capacity of 20Mt/yr by 2020.