India’s Aditya Birla Group said on Monday its cement shipments in May rose 0.8 per cent from a year earlier to 2.66Mt. Cement production grew an annual 2.5 per cent to 2.7Mt in May, it said in a statement. The group includes flagship Grasim Industries Ltd and UltraTech Cement Ltd , with a combined cement-making capacity of more than 31Mt.