PRESS RELEASE

1 July 2009

Cement performance for June 2009

The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-June 2009 has moved up by 18.91 per cent at 94.91 lakh mt as against 79.81 lakh mt during April-June 2008. Dispatches grew by 19.49 per cent at 94.98 lakh mt in April-June 2009 vis-a-vis 79.49 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production for the month of June 2009 rose by 20.64 per cent at 30.75 lakh mt. Dispatches are up by 21.66 per cent at 31.40 lakh mt over June 2008.