India: UltraTech Cement has won the Deora-Sitapuri-Udipyapura limestone mining block in Madhya Pradesh in a state auction. The block has a reserve of around 54Mt and it is spread over an area of 345 hectares. The company said that the block is near to the existing limestone quarry of its recently commissioned Dhar Cement plant. It added that the new limestone reserve would be useful in augmenting the capacity of the plant in the future.
