PRESS RELEASE

1 June 2010

Cement performance for May 2010


The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-May 2010 has moved up by 6.18% at 68.16 lakh mt as against 64.20 lakh mt during April-May 2009. Dispatches rose by 5.89% at 67.33 lakh mt in April-May 2010 vis-a-vis 63.59 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production for the month of May 2010 is higher by 5.61% at 34.21 lakh mt, and dispatches, at 33.53 lakh mt, by 5.59% over May 2009.