Aluminium - Enriching A Billion Lives

Aluminium is used excessively in the modern world with extremely diverse due to its several unusual combinations of attributes. No other metallic element can be used in so many ways across such a variety of domains like in the home, in transport, on land, sea and in air, and in industry and commerce. Aluminium's usages are not always as obvious as they may seem, with sizeable proportions of manufactured aluminium and aluminium oxide going into other separate processes, like the manufacture of glass, rather than towards the common consumer products that we most readily associate Aluminium with.  Over 95% of the Alumina manufactured globally is derived from Bauxite by the Bayer process. The Bauxite residue primarily consists of iron oxides, silicon oxide, titanium oxide and undissolved alumina together with a wide range of other oxides. This depends on the place of extracted bauxite and during refinery process, it leaves behind a residue known as Red Mud. It is composed of a ...

On June 5 th this year, people from all around the world showed their solidarity for necessary environment interventions by celebrating the World Environment Day. As individuals, we might think that our efforts don't get due recognition or is not making any significant impact towards the cause. But what about the power of the collective? When people join hands and help each other, that’s when it outshines the mere objective of just ‘caring’ about a cause. In such an example, Vedanta, in its solemn effort to contribute towards the cause planted 4500 saplings in Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda – the places of their operations in Odisha. Since the past 13 years, it has made a conscious effort to be responsible for caring and nurturing the environment of which it is also a part of. Local communities, fauna & flora, water bodies and other entities which constitutes the biodiversity of the region have always been recognised and respected by the company. Awareness camps, environment a...