Vedanta Aluminium Strengthens India's Alumina Supply with 5 MTPA Plant

Vedanta Aluminium has raised its Lanjigarh alumina refinery capacity to 5 million tonnes per year which is a huge leap that makes the overall capacity of India to refine alumina to close to 13 million tonnes per year.

The increased plant is currently the largest single location alumina refinery in India, with around 38 percent of the nationwide alumina, and the largest refinery worldwide other than in China.

In November the refinery had the highest monthly total production in its history, with 254 kilotons. This was an 8 per cent increase over the last month and 68 per cent increase over the last year, indicating that the operations were better since more material was moved, less power was used and conversion costs were reduced.

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Rajiv Kumar, CEO of Vedanta Aluminium, emphasized the strategic importance of aluminium for India’s industrial growth. “Scaling our Lanjigarh operations to 5 MTPA is both a capacity milestone and a step toward a resilient aluminium value chain,” he said, reinforcing the company’s focus on long-term value creation.

The growth started with a 2million tonne/year green field project, with future increases in capacity in stages beginning in 2020. The CEO of Vedanta Alumina Business, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya, emphasized the accuracy, dynamism, and cooperation which saw the project to conception to commissioning.

In addition to the development of industry Vedanta Aluminium maintains community programs in education, health, and skills development in the area of Lanjigarh. The capacity enhances the alumina supply chain in India and also aids downstream production, the alumina needed in the infrastructure, automotive, and manufacturing industries, which increases the level of operation and competitiveness in the global market.