In January of this year, the UK Competition and Markets Authority announced a shake-up in the cement industry requring
The news was met with shock by the industry, which had already adjusted to meet earlier demands by the Competition Commission, as was, with the creation of
Since the original announcement, a bigger shockwave has hit the international cement industry, with the proposal of a merger between
Though Holcim does not have a cement plant in the UK, it owns
Lafarge operates a joint venture with
Lafarge had appealed the Competition and Markets Authority decision that Lafarge must sell another cement plant, an appeal that was set to be heard this month. However, the Competition and Markets Authority has now decided to stay this appeal until April 2015, believing it sensible to wait and see how the Lafarge/Holcim merger pans out.