NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (Reuters) – India’s Ambuja Cements (ABUJ.NS) has reached a deal to accumulate a majority stake in operations of Sanghi Industries (SNGI.NS), two sources with direct data stated, a transaction that can add heft to cement operations of billionaire Gautam Adani’s agency.

The deal by Ambuja is more likely to be introduced as quickly as Wednesday, the sources stated, declining to be named as a result of the choice will not be public. They didn’t share the precise stake proportion.

One of the sources stated the deal was achieved by contemplating Sanghi’s enterprise worth at 60 billion rupees ($729 million). India’s Economic Times final week reported that Adani was amongst these main the race to accumulate Sanghi, which was being appraised at that enterprise worth.

Adani Group didn’t reply to a request for remark. Sanghi Cement declined to remark.

Adani is India’s second largest cement producer, behind UltraTech Cement (ULTC.NS). It owns Ambuja and its subsidiary ACC Ltd (ACC.NS), which have a capability to supply greater than 65 million tonnes with greater than a dozen manufacturing vegetation throughout India.

Sanghi is without doubt one of the main cement producers from Gujarat state in western India. It has a manufacturing capability of 6.1 million metric tonnes every year, its web site says.

A spokesperson for the Adani Group told Reuters in June that cement was a key focus space and there have been plans to discover a number of greenfield alternatives.

Reporting by Aditya Kalra; Editing by Leslie Adler

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