Capacity ramp-up helps Vedanta post 31% growth in aluminium output

This was driven by ramp ups at the Jharsuguda-II and BALCO-II smelters that are progressing well

The ramp up of its smelters at Jharsuguda and the Balco unit at Korba (Chhattisgarh) helped mining & metals conglomerate Vedanta to log 31 per cent growth in aluminium production in 2016-17.

Aluminium output touched a record 1.21 million tonne (mt), rising from 0.92 mt. For the quarter ended March 31, aluminium production was 56 per cent higher at 0.35 mt. This was driven by ramp ups at the Jharsuguda-II and BALCO-II smelters which are progressing well, following the pot outages during the year. All the pots are on line at BALCO-II and are expected stabilise in the first quarter of