Indian producer Ambuja Cements said sales rose 4.73 per cent to 1.55Mt in September from 1.48Mt in the same month a year ago, the company said in a statement.

The company reported growth of 6.85 per cent in cement production at 1.56Mt, compared to 1.46Mt in September 2011.

For the first nine months of this year, sales reached 16.37Mt, a 6.23 per cent increase compared to 15.41Mt in the same period of last year. Production, meanwhile, rose six per cent during the period to 16.38Mt from 15.44Mt a year earlier.