Vedanta Delivers Highest Ever Aluminium & Zinc Production in FY25

MUMBAI:
Vedanta Limited delivered record fourth-quarter and annual aluminium production while clocking its Zinc India unit’s highest annual mined and refined metal production. The company also delivered sizeable QoQ and YoY growth in saleable ore and pig iron under its iron ore division. Various operational and technical factors supported the growth in the major segments.

Vedanta, India’s largest and the world’s fourth largest (ex China) producer of aluminium, said in its exchange filing that its annual aluminium and alumina production stood at a record 2,421 kt, up 2% YoY. Annual Alumina production jumped 9% YoY to 1,975 kt, mainly on account of production from the new train of expansion.

The company’s Zinc India unit recorded a new high for annual mined metal production of 1,095 kt and annual refined metal production of 1,052 kt, which was up 2% year-on-year. Similarly, Vedanta’s Zinc International unit also witnessed growth in its total mined metal production, which jumped 52% in the fourth quarter on a year-on-year basis. The growth in the zinc international division was driven by higher production at its Gamsberg facility, better zinc grades, recoveries, and higher throughput.

Vedanta’s chairman, Anil Agarwal, emphasized in a recent interview that the company is significantly expanding its aluminium capacity and is in the final stages of finalizing the location for its green aluminium production facility, which, as per the company, will be the world’s first fully green aluminium plant.

Vedanta is focusing on major capacity expansions across other units as well. Its BALCO smelter expansion is in an advanced stage, and its commissioning is targeted for Q1 FY’26. The company’s Zinc India unit plans for a 160,000 tons per annum roaster at Debari and a 510,000 tons per annum fertilizer plant, with the final commissioning targeted for Q4 FY26. Similarly, Vedanta’s Zinc International unit’s phase-2 expansion project is targeting commissioning in FY’26. Vedanta’s proposed demerger, that will result in 5 independent companies, had received over 99.5% of shareholders and creditors voting in favour of the plan, earlier in February this year.