PRESS RELEASE

2 August 2010

Cement performance for July 2010

The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-July 2010 has moved up by 4.99% at 128.58 lakh mt as against 122.46 lakh mt during April-July 2009. Dispatches rose by 4.96% at 128.05 lakh mt in April-July 2010 vis-a-vis 122.00 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production for the month of July 2010 is higher by 4.75% at 28.86 lakh mt, and dispatches at 29.16 lakh mt by 7.94% over July 2009.