Gujarat Ambuja records 11.29 pc rise in cement despatch for CY '06

Mumbai, Jan 3 (UNI) Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd (GACL) has posted cement despatch of 163.25 lakh tonnes for the calendar year 2006 (CY'06) as compared to 146.69 lakh tonnes in the previous calendar year, accounting for a rise of 11.29 per cent.

Announcing this, a GACL press release here today said the company's cement production during the period stood at 163.43 lakh tonnes as against 146.28 lakh tonnes in the calendar year 2005.

Incidentally, the company has an accounting period of January-December.

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