Committed to sustaining and further enhancing its already prominent standing in the aluminium industry, Hindalco continues to be involved in multiple projects to expand its current facilities and establish new ones.

Corporate Projects and Procurement Cell, Mumbai
The Corporate Projects and Procurement Cell is the central and nodal cell for the evaluation, monitoring, control and implementation of all brownfield expansion projects and for procurement of major raw materials for all units of Hindalco.

Head: B.B.Jha

Brownfield expansion projects include:

Primary metal: Hirakud
Hirakud smelter production was ramped up in phases from 30 ktpa to 155 ktpa and power plant was ramped up from 60 MW to 367.5 MW from 2002 to 2009.

Expansion of smelter from 155 ktpa to 213 ktpa and power plant expansion from 367.5 MW to 467 MW will be commissioned in FY 2012.

Project is underway for transfer of all key equipments for flat rolled products, from Novelis plant at Rogerstone, United Kingdom to Hirakud. This will enable Hindalco to produce Can body stock for the local and export market.

Business head: Mr. R.S. Dhulkhed


Alumina capacity: Belgaum
Conversion from standard alumina to special alumina is being taken up. On completion this project will catapult Hindalco to the position of the second-highest producer of specials in the world.

The specials alumina production from Belgaum will be ramped up to 316 ktpa from 138 ktpa.

A cogen power plant (steam and power production), railway facility etc. are also being taken up as a part of the project to substantially reduce the production costs.

Business head: Mr. Sanjay Sehgal


Alumina capacity: Muri
The expansion of the Muri alumina refinery from 110 ktpa to 450 ktpa, and the cogen plant expansion from 9 MW to 30 MW was completed in 2008 and stabilisation and production ramp up is in progress.

The expansion at Muri has resulted in alumina production going up by over 100 per cent at Muri.