INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vedanta is raising annual capacity at Lanjigarh to five million tonnes of aluminaAnnual aluminium production in India could reach
time," based on projects that companies are currently working on in India, said Deeptaman Mukherjee, director of commodities for the
5.5-6 million tonnes of aluminium production," he added during a panel discussion at the AZ China virtual aluminium conference.India will be
the "stand-out growth market" for aluminium consumption in the coming years as it pursues construction projects to resolve an infrastructure
deficit, according to Fitch Solutions, which sees usage more than tripling to 9.5 million tonnes by 2030 from 2.6 million tonnes this
year.Expansion of Vedanta's Lanjigarh alumina refinery in the eastern state of Odisha, coupled with ramp-ups elsewhere, will mean India
will have enough of the raw material to feed the domestic aluminium smelting industry, Mukherjee said.Vedanta is raising annual capacity at
expected to be achieved in 12-18 months' time and would reduce Vedanta's reliance on alumina imports
The company produced 1.9 million tonnes of aluminium in 2020.
