# Dalmia Bharat and OCL India boards approve merger

The boards of Dalmia Bharat Ltd and OCL India Ltd approved a merger to create India's fourth largest cement company. The merged entity will be named Dalmia Bharat Ltd.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2016-11-06
- Where: India
- Status: announced
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Dalmia Bharat Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/19939.md)
- [OCL India Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/19940.md) (target)

## Sources

- [thehindubusinessline.com](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/boards-of-dalmia-bharat-ocl-approve-merger/article64291712.ece), 2016-11-06: "The Board of Directors of Dalmia Bharat Ltd (DBL), OCL India Ltd (OCL), Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) and Odisha Cement Ltd (ODCL)...approved a Scheme of Arrangement and amalgamation for the merger of Dalmia Bharat with OCL India"

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