Aditya Birla group firm Ultratech CementNSE 2.61 % today said it has bagged the Deora-Sitapuri-Udipyapura limestone mining block in Madhya Pradesh (MP).
Ultratech Cement said the block is in close proximity to its existing limestone mines of the company’s recently commissioned unit Dhar CementNSE 0.00 % Works.
“The company has won the Deora-Sitapuri-Udipyapura limestone mining block in the State of Madhya Pradesh,” Ultratech Cement said in a BSE filing.
“This mining block is spread over 344.783 hectares of land having minable reserve of around 54 million MT…. This (limestone mining block) will be useful for augmenting the capacity of Dhar Unit in future,” it added.