Aditya Birla group eyeing Jaffna plant
New
Delhi,
Jan
29,
2008
:
According
to
reports,
Ultratech
Cement,
an
Aditya
Birla
Group
company,
is
all
set
to
acquire
the
five-lakh
tonne
Kankesanthurai
cement
plant
in
Jaffna
in
northern
Srilanka
that
has
been
closed
for
more
than
17
years.
The Kankesanthurai plant, one of the first plants in the island country, is located near rich limestone deposits in the Jaffna peninsula, devastated by hostilities between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and government forces.
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Story first published: Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 14:52 [IST]