The Commercial Metal Of Choice

Over the past several years, usage of aluminium in automobiles and light-weighting of trucks has witnessed the highest growth in comparison to other aluminium applications,in any segment of use.

- Ajay Kapur, Chief Executive Officer, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business

Aluminium is the second most used metal in the world after steel. It has the potential to become the most important commercial metal in the future. Aluminium holds strategic importance for the economy as the commercial metal of choice for all kinds of transportation, power, aerospace, defence, infrastructure and packaging needs. Backed by rich bauxite deposits, India has the secondlargest aluminium production capacity in the world after China. Vedanta’s Aluminium Business produces more than half of India’s aluminium at an estimated output of 1.9 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) in FY20. Most developed countries have already designated aluminium as a core industry. Given the role, aluminium plays in supporting the core sectors and in the success of government’s visionary initiatives like ‘Make in India’, ‘Smart Cities’, ‘Power for All’, and the indigenous space programme, use of this metal in India is only going to increase with time.

Aluminium in the automotive industry

Aluminium in automobiles has been used for several years and its consumption in new vehicles is increasing steadily. Over the past several years, usage of aluminium in automobiles and light-weighting of trucks has witnessed the highest growth in comparison to other aluminium applications, in any segment of use.