PRESS RELEASE

2 September 2009

Cement performance for August 2009

The Aditya Birla Group’s cement production for the period April-August 2009 has moved up by 20.30 per cent at 151.77 lakh mt as against 126.16 lakh mt during April-August 2008. Dispatches moved up 19.84 per cent at 150.92 lakh mt in April-August 2009 as against 125.93 lakh mt in the corresponding period last year.

Cement production for the month of August 2009 rose by 38.30 per cent at 29.30 lakh mt. Dispatches are up by 32.15 per cent at 28.92 lakh mt over August 2008.