Aditya Birla Group to invest ₹12,000 crore to expand alumina refinery in Odisha
Aditya Birla Group has proposed an additional ₹12,000 crore investment to expand its alumina refinery at Kansariguda in Odisha’s Rayagada district.
AI generated- Aditya Birla Group proposed expanding a greenfield alumina refinery at Kansariguda in Rayagada district, Odisha.
- The proposed additional investment is ₹12,000 crore, taking total project investment to about ₹20,000 crore.
- The refinery capacity would increase from 1 MTPA to 3 MTPA.
- Kumar Mangalam Birla announced the proposal after meeting Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a review of ongoing and planned investments in the state.
What happened
Aditya Birla Group proposed an additional ₹12,000 crore investment to expand its greenfield alumina refinery project at Kansariguda in Rayagada district, Odisha. The announcement came after a meeting between group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a review of the group’s ongoing and planned investments in the state.
The proposed expansion would raise the refinery’s capacity from 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 3 MTPA. The total investment for the project would rise to about ₹20,000 crore.
UPSC may ask how large industrial investments affect regional development, mineral value chains, employment, and state industrial policy. The Odisha project also supports questions on value addition in the mining sector and the role of greenfield industrial units in industrialisation.
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