In the month of August 2012, the cement production of Ambuja Cement was 14.60 lakh tonnees which is much lower than compared to August 2011 which was 15.20 lakh tonnes. The cement despatch also dipped to 14.50 lakh tonnes in August 2012, which is lower than 14.85 lakh tonnes in August 2011. Ambuja’s production for January to August 2012 was 148.25 lakh tonnes, which is higher than Y-oY production of 139.78 lakh tonnes, whereas the despatch figures for January to August for 2012 were 148.22 lakh tonnes which were higher as compared to 139.36 lakh tonnes in Jan-Aug 2011.