The cement production of OCL in August 2012 was 2.09 lakh tonnes which decreased in comparison to the production in August 2011 which was 2.15 lakh tones. The despatches for August 2012 were 2.15 lakh tonnes which is lower than August 2011 despatches of 2.57 lakh tonnes. Both cement production and despatch recorded decline of 17 per cent and 16 per cent, respectively. The cement production for Jan-Aug 2012 was 14.12 lakh tonnes which was higher by four per cent as compared to the production of 13.63 lakh tonnes during Jan-Aug 2011. The cement despatches were 13.97 lakh tonnes for Jan-Aug 2012, which is higher by two per cent as compared to despatches of 13.70 lakh tonnes during Jan-Aug 2011.