Vedanta Aluminium Charts Path to Join the Global 1 Million Tonne Billet Producers’ Club
10th September 2025
New Delhi, 10th September, 2025: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, today announced its roadmap to emerge as one of the world’s leading billet producers and join the elite 1 million tonne club. With plans to expand billet capacity to 1.25 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) and commanding more than half of India’s domestic billet market, the company is advancing its portfolio to meet surging demand from high-growth industries such as electric vehicles, solar energy, railways, building and construction, aerospace, and defence.
As India’s billet leader, Vedanta Aluminium operates a state-of-the-art 1.8 MTPA smelter at Jharsuguda, Odisha, and a 0.57 MTPA capacity smelter at its iconic BALCO plant in Korba, Chhattisgarh. For billets specifically, the company has a current casting capacity of 580 KTPA and is actively expanding capacity by an additional 670 KTPA, which will take the total billets capacity to 1.25 MTPA upon completion. Today, Vedanta Aluminium ranks 1st in India and 3rd globally in billet production. Billets, a critical semi-finished product for extrusion, are enabling a wide spectrum of industries, from automobiles and building to sunrise sectors such as EVs and solar.
Commenting on the company’s vision, Mr. Rajiv Kumar, CEO, Vedanta Aluminium, said, “Vedanta Aluminium is committed to enabling the industries of tomorrow with high-quality, responsibly produced aluminium billets. Our products are powering sectors vital to India’s growth story and global sustainability. With certifications of global repute, innovations in product development, and customer-first initiatives like Metal Bazaar, we are strengthening our position as a trusted partner to manufacturers worldwide. Our journey towards the 1 million tonne billet producers’ club is not just about scale, but also about creating value, advancing technology, and driving sustainable industrial development.”
Vedanta Aluminium offers an extensive range of aluminium billets across the 1xxx, 3xxx, and 6xxx series. Available in over 25 high-quality variants ranging from 5 inches to 12 inches in diameter, the company’s billet portfolio has made a significant impact on the global extrusion industry. Low-carbon variants are also available under the Restora and Restora Ultra brands. Produced using renewable energy and recovered dross respectively, Restora and Restora Ultra have a near-zero carbon footprint, among the lowest in the world.
Further underscoring its leadership in quality assurance, Vedanta Aluminium has become the first primary aluminium smelter in India to receive both BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certification and ASI (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative) certification. These recognitions reinforce the company’s commitment to producing high-quality, responsibly manufactured products that meet stringent global benchmarks of excellence, safety, and sustainability.
Vedanta Aluminium is also pioneering digital innovation with Vedanta Metal Bazaar, the world’s largest digital marketplace for non-ferrous metals. Metal Bazaar provides businesses, especially MSMEs, seamless access to premium metals with no minimum order limits, featuring advanced tools like an AI-powered WhatsApp chatbot, live shipment tracking, online price booking, and embedded financing. Since launch, the platform has transformed metal procurement in India by simplifying buying processes, increasing transparency, and supporting sales.
At ALUMEX India 2025, Vedanta Aluminium is showcasing its next-generation billet portfolio, engineered for precision, strength, and efficiency across key sectors. Leveraging advanced technologies such as Wagstaff Hot-Top Air Slip casting and Hertwich homogenizing furnaces, Vedanta Aluminium delivers superior metallurgical properties and recovery rates, supporting the national vision of Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat while catering widely to the domestic market.
Organised by the Aluminium Extrusion Manufacturers Association of India (ALEMAI), ALUMEX India 2025 serves as a premier platform dedicated to advancing the aluminium extrusion industry. With its focus on innovation, growth, skill development, and sustainability, ALEMAI plays a pivotal role in strengthening the industry’s competitiveness on both domestic and global fronts. Vedanta Aluminium, a member of ALEMAI, is committed to driving growth in the sector.
Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.42 million tonnes in FY25. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 2nd in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
About Vedanta Limited:
Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa and Namibia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment. Vedanta has put in place a comprehensive framework to be the ESG leader in the natural resources sector. Vedanta is committed to reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050 or sooner and has pledged $5 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the transition to net zero operations. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. The company’s flagship social impact program, Nand Ghars, have been set up as model anganwadis focused on eradicating child malnutrition, providing education, healthcare, and empowering women with skill development. Under the aegis of the Anil Agarwal Foundation, the umbrella entity for Vedanta’s social initiatives, the Vedanta group has pledged Rs 5000 crore over the next five years on social impact programmes with a thrust on nutrition, women & child development, healthcare, animal welfare, and grass-root level sports. Vedanta and the group companies have been featured in Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and was conferred Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Awards 2020, Golden Peacock Award for excellence in Corporate Governance 2022 and certified as a Great Place to Work 2022. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
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About Vedanta Aluminium Business:
Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium i.e., 2.37 million tonnes in FY24. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 1st in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2023 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow.
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