Hindalco to invest Rs19,800 croes in multi-location expansion

Aditya Birla Group flagship Hindalco Industries plans to invest Rs19,800 crores in the next three years to raise capacity in India.

Kumarmangalam BirlaSpeaking at the company's 49th annual general meeting in Mumbai, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said the company would be executing multi-location expansion programmes aggregating over Rs19,800 crores in the next three years in India.

The expansion of the Muri alumina refinery from 110,000 tpa to 450,000 tpa was in progress and production would reach its full capacity by the end of the year.

Phase II of the Hirakud expansion of the smelting capacity from 100,000 tpa to 143,000 tpa was also on schedule. The power generation capacity had been raised from 267.5 mw to 367.5 mw and all the units had been commissioned.

Aditya Aluminium, the integrated aluminium project, encompassing 1,500 ktpa alumina refinery, 359 ktpa aluminium smelter and 900 MW captive power plant was on course. The company has already executed technology contracts with Alcan. The mechanisation in the refinery is scheduled for completion by January 2013.

The Mahan aluminium project with a smelter capacity of 359 ktpa and 900 mw captive power plant was on track.