UltraTech emerges as preferred bidder for Karnataka limestone unit

14 Apr 2022 CW Team

UltraTech Cement Limited told the media that it had been declared the preferred bidder for a limestone block in an e-auction conducted by the Karnataka government.

The company said that it participated in the e-auction of Diggaon Limestone Block conducted by the Karnataka government and has been declared the preferred bidder.

The limestone block is located in Tehsil Chittapur of Kalburgi district in Karnataka. It is adjacent to UltraTech's Rajashree unit, which has total cement grade geological resources of 530 million tonnes (mt) of limestone across 7.86 sq km.

UltraTech Cement Ltd has a consolidated net capacity of 119.95 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of grey cement. It has 22 integrated manufacturing units, 27 grinding units, one clinkerisation unit and eight bulk packaging terminals.

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