PRESS RELEASE

3 August 2009

Cement performance for July 2009

The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-July 2009 has moved up by 16.66 per cent at 122.46 lakh mt as against 104.97 lakh mt during April-July 2008. Dispatches grew by 17.25 per cent at 122.00 lakh mt in April-July 2009 vis-a-vis 104.05 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production for the month of July 2009 rose by 9.51 per cent at 27.55 lakh mt. Dispatches are up by 10 per cent at 27.02 lakh mt over July 2008.