澳大利亚财经评论近日报道，为偿付其收购英国竞争对手汉森（Hanson）所背负的债务，德国水泥制造商海德堡水泥目前正考虑出售其价值20亿澳元（合15亿美元）的澳大利亚业务。
商业日报说海德堡水泥已经委托顾问出售。它说几个潜在的投标人已对该报证实，德意志银行已通知它们此次可能的出售，但德意志银行称海德堡水泥还没有最后决定。
潜在的投标人可能包括建筑材料集团Boral公司，Fletcher 建筑公司和Adelaide Brighton公司。
一位Fletcher 建筑发言人表示：“如果有机会，我们当然会考虑”。
而Boral和Adelaide发言人没有立即对此报道发表评论。
商业日报还表示，私有股份投资企业也可能对购买感兴趣，如凯雷集团，德州太平洋集团和Kohlberg Krvais Roberts。
据公司网站内容，海德堡水泥的汉森业务在澳大利亚经营超过240个混凝土厂，60多个采石场和三个位于悉尼的生产预制产品的工厂。
去年，墨西哥的世界第三大水泥制造商Cemex试图出售其在澳大利亚的Humes混凝土管业务，该业务估价约4亿澳元，但并没有卖上这个价钱。
附英文：
HeidelbergCement may sell Australian Hanson business
"We would certainly have a look if we were given the chance,"
a Fletcher Building spokesman said.
a Fletcher Building spokesman said.
(Melbourne) -- German cement maker HeidelbergCement is considering selling its A$2 billion ($1.5 billion) Australian business as it looks to pay down debt it took on with the takeover of British rival Hanson, the Australian Financial Review newspaper reported on Thursday.
The business daily said HeidelbergCement had appointed advisers for a sale.
It said several potential bidders had confirmed to the newspaper that they had been alerted to a possible sale by Deutsche Bank, but that the investment bank had said no final decision had been made by HeidelbergCement yet.
Potential bidders could include building materials groups Boral Ltd, Fletcher Building Ltd. and Adelaide Brighton Ltd.
"We would certainly have a look if we were given the chance," a Fletcher Building spokesman said.
Boral and Adelaide spokesmen were not immediately available to comment on the report.
Private equity players such as Carlyle Group, Texas Pacific Group and Kohlberg Krvais Roberts were also likely to be interested, the newspaper said.
HeidelbergCement's Hanson business in Australia operates more than 240 concrete plants, more than 60 quarries and three factories in Sydney that make precast products, according to its web site.
Last year, Mexico's Cemex , the world's no.3 cement producer, tried to sell its Humes concrete pipes business in Australia, considered worth around A$400 million, but was unable to get what it considered a fair price. ($1=1.307 Australian Dollar).
