UltraTech main cement supplier to harbour project

UltraTech Cement Lanka (Pvt) Ltd supplied 160,000 mt of cement totalling over 90% of the cement requirement in two years for the South Port project.The new South Harbour is the only harbour in South Asia which accommodates triple E class vessels and could become one of the main transhipment hubs.

Chief Executive, UltraTech Cement, Sri Lanka, Kiran Redkar said, "With superior quality of product, services and capacities, we are committed to support Sri Lanka's infrastructural development with projects such as the Colombo Port expansion.""Our expertise in consistent quality and superior strength with optimum chemical composition, I believe was the deciding factor for this client in identifying UltraTech as the cement partner," he said.

UltraTech Cement has and will partner with many of Sri Lanka's construction efforts. A project that they are working on is the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway which is due to be opened soon."UltraTech cement is produced in a state-of-the-art plant with the latest technology and received one of the highest rankings for comprehensive strength in the 28-day test," a company spokesman said.