C/B/710. Impact of Collusion on the Cement Industry in the UK

The report is based on providing an overview of the collusion within the cement industry in United Kingdom. The report discusses the overview of the cement industry in the UK with the details of the major players within it. It presents an in-depth analysis of the collusions which occurred with the cement industry and the effects it had on the strategic planning of the organisations which are associated with it. In particular, the report discusses two examples of collusion within the cement industry, the first one being the case of the German manufacturers which had a great impact on the cement industry within the UK. The second case is of the environmental policies which are being regulated by the various governments of the countries in the European Union. In addition, the report presents an in-depth case study of the Lafarge cement and the Castle cement case which are under the jurisdiction of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)