UltraTech Cement suspends production at Awarpur plant

Our Bureau Updated - March 01, 2013 at 06:31 PM.

UltraTech Cement, an Aditya Birla Group company, has suspended production at Awarpur plant in Maharashtra due to labour strike.

The plant has a production capacity of 9,800 tonnes per day.

The operations at Awarpur Cement Works, Awarpur, Maharashtra having a capacity of 3.6 mtpa (million tonnes per day) has been temporarily shut down on account of stoppage of work by the workers, said the company in a statement on Friday.

The development will, however, not substantially impact the company’s financials, it added.

suresh.iyengar@thehindu.co.in

Published on March 1, 2013 13:01