Bhubaneswar, Dec. 18 -- Vedanta Aluminium, India's largest aluminium producer, scaled its Lanjigarh Refinery operations to 5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), a "landmark" in the company's growth journey and a "significant" step towards strengthening India's self-reliance in aluminium, according to an official press release.

The official press release said that with this expansion, Vedanta Lanjigarh now ranks as the world's second-largest alumina refinery (excluding China), boosting India's total alumina refining capacity to nearly 13 MTPA and positioning the country as the third-largest producer globally. The Lanjigarh facility alone contributes 38% of India's total alumina output, making it the largest single-location alumina refinery i...