State Court Opens Door For Vedanta’s Participation In Nalco’s Alumina Sales
Relief may be on the way for Vedanta’s Jharsuguda unit after the state’s high court ordered National Aluminium Company (Nalco)...
Vedanta
Vedanta Produced 1.95 Million Metric Tons Of Primary Aluminium In FY ‘19
With an aluminium output of 1.95 million metric tons in the previous fiscal year, Vedanta Ltd. moved into the pole position for aluminium production among India’s smelters, bumping previous leader Hindalco out of the prime spot. Vedanta’s overall production grew by 17...
Violent Protests Claim Two Lives At Vedanta’s Lanjigarh Alumina Refinery
Protests outside a Vedanta alumina refinery in Lanjigarh turned deadly on Monday, as a police officer and a protester were...
Vedanta Files Suit Against Nalco To Tap Into Exported Alumina Stream
Staring the prospect of a winnowing feedstock supply square in the eye, India metals miner Vedanta has turned to the...
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Jharsuguda Locals Appeal To Chand To Open Alumina Bidding To Vedanta
In a bid to aid Vedanta Ltd. in its search for raw materials, a contingent of local citizens sent a letter last week to National Aluminium Company Limited’s (Nalco) Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand appealing to him to open the bidding for 30 thousand metric tons of metallurgical-grade alumina to the firm. […]
India’s Primary Aluminium Imports Rose 24 Percent In April – October, With More On The Way
Trade tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China helped boost primary aluminium imports to India by 24 percent and scrap aluminium by 22 percent on the year in the April to October period of 2018, and experts believe the rise is but the tip of the iceberg of aluminium imports to […]
Vedanta Ltd. To Invest Up To US$300 Million On Lanjigarh Alumina Refinery Ramp Up
In preparation of the ramp-up of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, Indian metals titan Vedanta Ltd plans between US$250 million and US$300 million of capital expenditures in the next fiscal year. Per domestic reporting, the firm intends to recover the capex spent next fiscal year, which begins on April 1, over the course of the following […]
Spike In Imported Aluminium Pushes India’s Exports Of Ingot Up By 21 Percent During April Through September
A tidal wave of low-cost aluminium imports squeezed out a 21-percent jump in aluminium exports by Indian producers in the first half of the fiscal year (April through September), but the saturated market blunted sales growth to only 2 percent on the year. In the opening half of FY 2019, exports of aluminium ingot totaled […]
Vedanta Plans Sixfold Increase Of Alumina Production At Lanjigarh Refinery By Spring 2020
India’s metals conglomerate Vedanta Ltd. announced late last week its intention to bump up alumina production from its refinery in Lanjigarh from its current total of 1 million metric tons per annum to a yearly run of 6 million metric tons now that its proposal for same has been approved by Odisha’s High-Level Clearance Authority […]
Aluminium Industry Riding To Higher Demand In Electric Vehicles
This is an exciting time indeed for aluminium consumption, with demand for this highly versatile metal continuing to rise to dizzying heights with every new estimate. Among the brighter stars in the consumption constellation continues to be that of electric vehicles. As ...
Leaders Emerge In The Aluminium Industry’s Race To Zero Carbon
One of the aluminium industry’s major goals continues to be the production of metal in a manner that emits the ...
Aluminium Market Update: Why Are Aluminium Prices Lagging Behind Other Base Metals?
Base metals prices have recovered significantly since January’s lows after news that the US and China are inching closer to ...
The Venezuela Blackout Spells Doom for its Aluminium Industry
After Venezuela’s energy supply failed on March 8th, the directors of the CVG together with the presidents of each company ...
