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Hindalco Commissions India’s First Super Specialty Alumina Plant
Hindalco has opened a new factory in Karnataka, India.
The factory makes a special type of alumina.
Alumina is used in materials for important industrial products.
The plant can make 30,000 tonnes each year at first.
Much of its output will support safer wires and cables.
The factory is expected to meet nearly all of India’s current domestic demand for these materials.
Hindalco can later increase production to 60,000 tonnes each year.
The expansion will depend on how much the Indian market grows.
Hindalco Industries commissioned India’s first super specialty alumina manufacturing plant in Karnataka.
The plant has an annual production capacity of 30,000 tonnes in its first phase.
It will supply materials for advanced fire-safety applications in wires and cables.
The facility is designed to meet almost the entire domestic demand for safer cable materials.
Hindalco plans to expand the plant’s capacity to 60,000 tonnes as the market grows.
- Who
- Hindalco Industries Ltd, the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group.
- What
- Commissioning of India’s first super specialty alumina manufacturing plant, with an initial annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes.
- Where
- Karnataka, India.
- When
- Thursday, according to the announcement.
- Why
- To meet growing demand for advanced fire-safety materials used in wires, cables and other high-performance applications.
Key facts
- Company
- Hindalco Industries Ltd
- Parent group
- Aditya Birla Group
- Facility
- India’s first super specialty alumina manufacturing plant
- Initial capacity
- 30,000 tonnes per annum
- Planned capacity
- 60,000 tonnes after phased expansion
- Primary applications
- Advanced fire-safety materials for wires and cables, along with other high-performance applications
- Market coverage
- The first phase is designed to meet almost the entire domestic demand for safer cables from India’s wire and cable industry
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