Hindalco
Industries Limited, the metals flagship company
of the Aditya Birla Group, is an industry leader
in aluminium and copper. A metals powerhouse with
a consolidated turnover in excess of US$ 14 billion,
Hindalco is the world's largest aluminium rolling
company and one of the biggest producers of primary
aluminium in Asia. Its Copper smelter is the world's
largest custom smelter at a single location.
Established in 1958, Hindalco commissioned its aluminium
facility at Renukoot in Eastern U.P. in 1962. Later
acquisitions and mergers, with Indal, Birla Copper
and the Nifty and Mt.Gordon copper mines in Australia,
strengthened the company's position in value-added
alumina, aluminium and copper products, with vertical
integration through access to captive copper concentrates.
In 2007, the acquisition of Novelis Inc. a world
leader in aluminium rolling and can recycling, marked
a significant milestone in the history of the aluminium
industry in India. With Novelis under its fold Hindalco
ranks among the global top five aluminium majors,
as an integrated producer with lowcost alumina and
aluminium facilities combined with high-end rolling
capabilities and a global footprint in 12 countries
outside India.
Some
recent milestones
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In
May 2007, Novelis became a Hindalco subsidiary
with the completion of the acquisition process.
The transaction makes Hindalco the world's
largest aluminium rolling company and one
of the biggest producers of primary aluminium
in Asia, as well as being India's leading
copper producer. |
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In
May 2006, the company signed an MoU with the
Government of Madhya Pradesh for setting up
a greenfield aluminium smelter and a captive
power plant. The company also entered into
a joint venture with Essar Power (M.P.) Ltd.
to develop and operate coal mines at Mahan,
Madhya Pradesh. The joint venture will supply
coal to the proposed aluminium smelter and
power complex in Madhya Pradesh |
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In
May 2006, the company's copper mining subsidiary
Aditya Birla Minerals Limited (formerly Birla
Mineral Resources Pty Ltd.) came out with
an equity offering and subsequent listing
on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) |
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In
March 2006, the company acquired an aluminium
rolling mill and wire rods facility, from
Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited
(ARCIL), belonging to Pennar Aluminium Company
Limited |
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In
January 2006, the company concluded 4:1 rights
issue of its shares on partly paid basis.
It was the largest ever rights issue in the
history of corporate India and first one to
issue partly paid instruments |
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In
September 2005, the company split its shares
in ratio of 10:1 in order to enhance liquidity
and to encourage participation from retail
investors |
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In
April 2005, the company signed an MoU to establish
a world class integrated aluminium project
in the state of Orissa |
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In
April 2005, the company entered into MOUs
with the Orissa and Jharkhand governments
for setting up a greenfield alumina facility
and aluminium facility respectively, in the
states |
Hindalco's
businesses
Hindalco
in India enjoys a leadership position in aluminium
and copper. The company's aluminium units across
the country encompass the entire gamut of operations
from bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium
smelting to downstream rolling, extrusions, foils
and alloy wheels, along with captive
power plants and coal mines. The Birla Copper
unit produces copper cathodes, continuous cast
copper rods along with other by-products, including
gold, silver and DAP fertilisers.>>
Aluminium
Hindalco
is the world's largest aluminium rolling company
and one of the biggest producers of primary aluminium
in Asia. In India, Hindalco enjoys a leadership
position in speciality alumina, primary aluminium
and downstream products.
Hindalco's
major products include standard and speciality
grade aluminas and hydrates, aluminium ingots,
billets, wire rods, flat rolled products, extrusions,
foil and alloy wheels >>
Copper
Hindalco's Birla Copper unit at Dahej
in Gujarat is the world's largest single location
custom copper smelter with 500,000 tpa capacity.
The plant is backed by captive power plants, oxygen
plants, as also by product facilities for fertilisers
and precious metals. A captive jetty with cargo
handling capacity of over four million tpa, facilitates
easy input of copper concentrate and other imported
raw materials. >>
Mines
The
two copper mines in Australia were acquired in 2003.
Birla Nifty mine consists of an open-pit mine, heap
leach pads and a solvent extraction and electrowinning
(SXEW) processing plant, which produces copper cathode.
Birla Nifty's copper cathode capacity is 25,000
tpa.
A copper sulphide deposit is located at the lower
levels of the Nifty open pit mine and an underground
mine and concentrator have been developed to mine
and process ore from this deposit. The Nifty sulphide
operation commenced ore production from stoping
in December 2005 and concentrate production in March
2006. With the start-up of the Nifty sulphide operation
and its progressive ramp up during FY2007, Aditya
Birla Minerals (ABML) is entering a period of rapid
growth. >>
Production
capacities
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Division
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Capacity
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Location
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| Alumina
chemicals |
1,160,000
tpa
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700,000
tpa (Renukoot) |
| 110,000
tpa (Muri) |
| 350,000
tpa (Belgaum) |
| Primary
aluminium |
489,000
tpa
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373,000
tpa (Renukoot) |
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| 1,02,000
tpa (Hirakud) |
| 14,000
tpa (Alupuram)1 |
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| Extrusions |
27,700tpa
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19,700tpa
(Renukoot) |
| 8,000
tpa (Alupuram) |
| Rolled
products |
200,000
tpa
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80,000
tpa (Renukoot) |
| 45,000
tpa (Belur) |
| 45,000
tpa (Taloja) |
| 30,000
tpa (Mouda) |
| Wire
rods |
64,400
tpa
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40,000
tpa (Renukoot) |
| 10,000
tpa (Alupuram) |
| 14,400
tpa (Mouda) |
| Aluminium
foil |
11,000
tpa
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5,000
tpa (Silvassa)** |
| 6,000
tpa (Kalwa) |
| Aluminium
wheels |
300,000
pcs
|
Silvassa |
| Power |
1087.2
mw
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741.7mw
(Renusagar) |
| 78
mw (Renukoot) |
| 267.5
mw (Hirakud) |
| Copper
cathodes |
500,000
tpa
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Dahej |
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Additional
17,000 tpa thick gauge foil capacity at Silvassa
1. Alupuram capacities have been de-energised
and are not included in working capacity
2 For Taloja recycling plant |
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