Blackstone, Birla Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia will compete among themselves now and as per reports Blackstone has made the most aggressive bid.
Reliance Cement has a total installed capacity of 5.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). The company has leases to extract limestone in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Reliance Infrastructure had mandated Morgan Stanley and SBI Caps to manage the sale process.