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Materials
Companies
Siam Cement to acquire 29% stake in Indonesia's home products king
Move will build on group's presence in country's retail construction sector
Business Deals
Australian miners Fortescue and Hancock battle for Atlas Iron
Uncertainty over Chinese ore demand throws value of acquisition into doubt
Business Trends
China's clean air policy jolts materials market as prices surge
Crackdown on coal affects graphite electrodes for steel production and batteries, as well as commodity plastics
Asian Family Conglomerates
Mahathir's 94-year-old top adviser rekindles China connections
Robert Kuok, Malaysian 'sugar king,' takes on new role seen as rebooting empire
Business Trends
Japan's startup funding more than doubles in 5 years
Funds that home in on fields like AI or drones attract investors
Companies
Siam Cement takes over stalled $5.4bn Vietnam petrochemical project
Thai conglomerate now sees 2023 start to production at Long Son
Business Trends
India's bad loans dwarf bank recapitalization plans
Government befuddled as heavy losses burden state-owned lenders
Politics
India shuts down key copper plant amid pollution uproar
Vedanta's smelter accounts for 40% of country's refining capacity
Business Deals
India's Essar Steel won't select buyer until summer
Bids by ArcelorMittal and Numetal already rejected once by creditors
