PRESS RELEASE

2 July 2010

Cement performance for June 2010

The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-June 2010 has moved up by 5.06% at 99.72 lakh mt as against 94.91 lakh mt during April-June 2009. Dispatches rose by 4.12% at 98.89 lakh mt in April-June 2010 vis-a-vis 94.98 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production for the month of June 2010 is higher by 2.59% at 31.55 lakh mt, and dispatches, at 31.56 lakh mt, by 0.52% over June 2009.