Billionaire Gautam Adani's Ambuja Cements agreed to buy a 47% stake in Orient Cement in a deal valued at $963 million, stepping up acquisitions amid intensifying rivalry with tycoon Kumar Mangalam Birla.

Ambuja Cements Ltd., part of the Adani Group, acquired Orient Cement Ltd. for 81 billion rupees ($963 million), as billionaire Gautam Adani continues to snap up makers of the key raw material needed for India’s infrastructure push.

The deal values Orient Cement’s operational and ready-to-implement capacity at $58 per tonne, significantly lower than the greenfield set-up cost of $110-120 per tonne. The operational capacity valuation is pegged at $113 per tonne.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's Ambuja Cement is set to acquire 46.8 per cent stake in Orient Cement. The deal was valued at Rs 8100 crore or Rs 395.40 per share. Read on for more details.

India's Ambuja Cements said on Tuesday it would acquire a 46.8% stake in Orient Cement, valuing the company at 81 billion rupees ($963.5 million). The Adani-owned cement maker will buy the Telangana-based company's shares at 395.