China fines civil-explosives companies in Anhui, Shandong for collusion
By MLex Staff ( September 1, 2025, 06:41 GMT | Insight) -- China’s provincial antitrust regulators have issued a series of penalties against companies in the civil-explosives industry, targeting horizontal monopoly agreements that disrupted market competition. Last Friday, the State Administration for Market Regulation published on its website seven penalty decisions against six companies and one provincial industry association, issued by the Anhui provincial antitrust agency. Almost simultaneously, the Shandong regulator penalized several firms in the same sector for reaching and implementing price-fixing agreements.China’s provincial antitrust regulators have issued a series of penalties against companies in the civil-explosives industry, targeting horizontal monopoly agreements that disrupted market competition....
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