Ambuja Cements March sales up 12.43% at 2.17 mn tonnes

Ambuja Cements today said it sold 2.17 million tonnes of cement in March this year, up 12.43% over the same month last year.

The company had sold 1.93 million tonnes in the same month last year, it said in a statement.

Production of the company during March was 2.19 million tonnes against 1.95 million tonnes a year ago.

Both sales and production of Ambuja Cements' during the January-March period of the current year stood at 6.09 million tonnes.

The corresponding figures in March 2011 were 5.55 million tonnes and 5.59 million tonnes, respectively.