PRESS RELEASE

2 March 2010

Cement performance for February 2010

The Aditya Birla Group's cement production for the period April-February 2010 has moved up by 15.83 per cent at 336.07 lakh mt as against 290.13 lakh mt during April-February 2009. Dispatches rose by 15.72 per cent at 335.26 lakh mt in April-February 2010 as against 289.71 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production and dispatches for the month of February 2010 stood at 32.12 lakh mt and 31.93 lakh mt, respectively, registering a growth of 9.74 per cent and 9.37 per cent over February 2009, respectively.