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Major
cement companies have reported excellent growth in production
and despatch for the month of January 2006 as compared
to the same month of previous year. Both major cement
groups, Holcim and Aditya Birla, posted almost similar
growth rates for the month.
Despatch
figures for the major companies are:
|
Company
|
Jan
2006
|
Jan
2005
|
%
growth
|
|
Ultratech
+ Grasim + Shri Digvijay
|
2.735
|
2.39
|
12.81
|
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ACC
|
1.648
|
1.505
|
9.5
|
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Gujarat
Ambuja + Ambuja Eastern
|
1.402
|
1.257
|
11.54
|
Production
figures of major companies are:
|
Company
|
Jan
2006
|
Jan
2005
|
%
growth
|
|
Ultratech
+ Grasim + Shri Digvijay
|
2.7
|
2.42
|
10.3
|
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ACC
|
1.646
|
1.494
|
10.17
|
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Gujarat
Ambuja + Ambuja Eastern
|
1.435
|
1.252
|
14.62
|
Figures in million tones
Grasim
is trading with gains of 0.94 per cent; Ultratech Cements
is 0.23 per cent higher; ACC has added 2.91 per cent and
Gujarat Ambuja is trading lower by 0.29 per cent at 03.14
PM on the NSE.
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