South Africa’s Competition Commission blocks Raumix from OMV Group takeover

Raumix Aggregates (Raumix) of South Africa has been blocked by the Competition Commission from taking over OMV Group, a producer of aggregates used by road contractors as road stone to manufacture asphalt and concrete. The Commission said that the transaction could substantially reduce competition in the production of aggregates used to surface roads in the Kimberley area. Raumix is a subsidiary of Raubex that produces value-added bitumen products as well as resurface, restore and maintain roads. R

July 31, 2015 Read time: 1 min

The Commission said that the transaction could substantially reduce competition in the production of aggregates used to surface roads in the Kimberley area.

Raumix is a subsidiary of 7817 Raubex that produces value-added bitumen products as well as resurface, restore and maintain roads.

Raubex also supply aggregates from quarries as well as supply asphalt and other materials to the mining sector.

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ASPASA calls for more cooperation to meet South Africa’s housing backlog

ASPASA has called for housing authorities and local governments in South Africa to start actively engaging with suppliers of raw building materials ahead of tackling the country’s massive 2.5 million house backlog. Sand and aggregates (stone) make up by far the largest volume required to make concrete, blocks, lintels, rooftiles, as well as infrastructural requirements such as pipelines, roadways, railway lines, dams and buildings. ASPASA (the Aggregate & Sand Producers Association of South Africa) says It