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Saint Gobain slams Australian antitrust allegations, blaming price hikes on global events

By James Panichi ( September 12, 2025, 08:31 GMT | Insight) -- CSR Building Products, owned by French building-materials giant Saint Gobain, has rejected antitrust claims by Australia’s Consolidated Energy that it illegally increased prices and stifled the distribution of insulation materials, saying the 2021 price hikes were linked to extraordinary global events. In court filings obtained by MLex, CSR said while its Bradford Insulation company had indeed raised prices, these increases “were due, … at least in part, to global events beyond the parties’ control” — namely, Covid-19 supply-chain disruptions and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.Saint Gobain-owned CSR Building Products has rejected antitrust claims by Australian building company Consolidated Energy that it illegally increased prices and stifled the distribution of insulation materials, saying the 2021 price hikes were linked to extraordinary global events....

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