PRESS RELEASE

3 April 2008

Cement performance for March 2008

The Aditya Birla Group’s Cement production for the period April-March 2008 has moved up by 4.77 per cent at 305.95 lakh mt as against 292.01 lakh mt during April-March 2007. Dispatches grew by 4.47 per cenr at 305.53 lakh mt in April-March 2008 vis-a-vis 292.47 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production and dispatches for the month of March 2008 stood at 30.29 lakh mt and 30.29 lakh mt, registering a growth of 4.89 per cent and 2.83 per cent over March 2007 respectively.


For more information, contact:
Dr. Pragnya Ram
Group Executive President
Corporate Communications
Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Limited
Tel: 91-22-6652 5000 / 2499 5000
Fax: 91-22-6652 5741/ 42
Email:
pragnya.ram@adityabirla.com