Vedanta posts 17 per cent growth in aluminium production for FY19

The spike in aluminium output was also helped by volume growth at Vedanta's Lanjigarh alumina refinery

Diversified metals & mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd has posted a 17 per cent growth in aluminium production, buoyed by stabilisation and ramp-up of its smelters at Jharsuguda (Odisha). In volume terms, aluminium output in the last fiscal was 1.95 million tonnes (mt), its best ever, outstripping FY18's 1.67 mt, making Vedanta, the country's largest producer of the white metal, upstaging Hindalco Industries.

Aluminium output at Vedanta-owned Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) smelters at Korba (Chhattisgarh) remained flat. The output was bolstered by Vedanta's two smelters at Jharsuguda- the standalone facility and the second within an SEZ (Special Economic Zone) notified area