Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) has achieved a major milestone in India’s aluminium sector by producing the first metal from the country’s largest 525 kilo Ampere (kA) smelter.

Oct 15, 2025

Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), a unit of Vedanta Aluminium, has achieved a major milestone in India’s aluminium sector by producing the first metal from the country’s largest 525 kilo Ampere (kA) smelter.

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The BALCO plant is located in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district.The 525 kA smelter surpasses the earlier Indian benchmark of 378 kA and setting new standards in scale, efficiency, and operational excellence.

With the commissioning of the new 0.435 MTPA potline, BALCO’s total aluminium production capacity will reach 1 MTPA, placing the company among the select global producers in the ‘Million Tonne Club’

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This expansion supports the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ vision and advances the nation’s self-reliance by ensuring greater availability of domestically produced, high-quality aluminium for critical sectors such as defence, aerospace, automotive, construction, and power transmission.