HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTD, BELAGAVI WORKS

About HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTD, BELAGAVI WORKS

The Belagavi unit of Hindalco, located in Karnataka, houses an alumina plant, a world-class research centre for alumina, and a carbon paste plant. The alumina plant started operations in 1969. Since the 1990s, the plant has become a predominantly export-oriented unit of special alumina and alumina hydrates for non-metallurgical applications, like refractory, ceramics, polishing, fire retardant filler in polymer composites, alum, zeolite etc. Over the years, the plant has expanded its capacity of specialty products with approximately 120 different grades, serving more than 800 customers across 32 countries. In addition to providing technical support to the alumina plants of the Aditya Birla Group on the Bayer process and special products, the research centre has been carrying out projects for international clients. The Belagavi unit has earned recognition in the form of national awards in the areas of energy conservation, R&D excellence, environment and safety. It also has the Premier Trading House status. The 1182-acre plant has a large colony for its workforce, with a well-equipped occupational health centre, club/community centre for sports and recreational activities and an upper primary school. The unit has adopted seven nearby villages and the CSR initiatives cover different areas like education, women’s empowerment, sustainable livelihood, health and infrastructural development.

We have joined ASI to demonstrate our commitment to Social, Environmental and Ethical standards. It will help us to exhibit our assurance to our customers that our products and processes are aligned towards the principle of "Greener-Stronger-Smarter".

- Abhijeet Bandi, Vice President & Unit Head Belagavi Works