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Hindalco to set up India’s first e-waste and copper

recycling plant

Hindalco Industries Ltd., the metals Mr. Rohit Pathak, CEO, Copper
flagship company of the Aditya Birla Business, Hindalco. Hindalco’s cop- Paraformaldehyde Spain
Group, has announced that it will per sales exceeded 0.5-mt for the first
be setting up India’s first e-waste time in FY24, making the company
and copper recycling plant in Dahej, the second-largest copper rod producer
Gujarat. globally outside of China. Hindalco’s 91-92-93-96% Prills
existing unit in Dahej comprises copper
Hindalco operates one of the smelters, supported by a captive power
world’s largest single-location copper vative products as copper becomes plant, oxygen plants, by-product and
smelter complex in Dahej, in the a critical manufacturing component precious metal plants, utilities, and a
Bharuch district of Gujarat, with inte- in India’s transition towards a deve- captive jetty.
grated port facilities. To meet the loped economy and net-zero emissions.
rising global demand for copper, the The electric mobility and renewable Tube plant
company is expanding its smelting energy sectors are driving demand in The company is also building
capacity at the facility and exploring a significant way. We are also setting India’s largest copper inner groove
the construction of a brownfield up India’s first e-waste recycling plant tube plant in Wagodia, Gujarat. The
factory in the same site. in Dahej, which will further enhance project is set to be commissioned by
the country’s capabilities in copper the end of this calendar year and will
“We are ramping up capacities and recycling and reinforce Hindalco’s reduce import dependence for this key
building new capabilities and inno- leadership in green practices,” said component in air conditioners. Pentaerythritol 98% Spain

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132 Chemical Weekly October 1, 2024

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