PRESS RELEASE

2 November 2009

Cement performance for October 2009

The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-October 2009 has moved up by 18.36 per cent at 208.50 lakh mt as against 176.16 lakh mt during April-October 2008. Dispatches moved up 18.03 per cent at 206.84 lakh mt in April-October 2009 as against 175.24 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production for the month of October 2009 rose by 12.46 per cent at 29.34 lakh mt. Dispatches are up by 11.13 per cent at 28.19 lakh mt over October 2008.