CII Recognizes Vedanta Aluminium for Business and Energy Excellence
Jharsuguda (Odisha) : Vedanta Aluminium, India’s biggest aluminium producer, has received industry recognition at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) IQ National and Regional...
Jharsuguda (Odisha) : Vedanta Aluminium, India’s biggest aluminium producer, has received industry recognition at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) IQ National and Regional Excellence Practise Competition and National Energy Awards for Excellence in Energy Management. The firm received two gold medals for its project ‘Supply Chain Operations & Safety Digitalization,’ as well as the Energy Award for Excellence in Energy Management from a varied pool of sectors including metal, power, cement, engineering, paper, automation, and others.
Vedanta Aluminium accomplished this exceptional performance via a number of strategic efforts, including the use of 100% graphitized cathodes to improve energy efficiency, which resulted in 7.93 million kWh of annual energy savings. It has also used biomass co-firing to provide energy to power its activities, lowering coal usage via the use of biomass pellets.
Vedanta has also used the OSI-PI Monitoring System, which promotes effective data administration, and has decreased its carbon footprint by switching to electric forklifts. It also optimised supply chain processes, reduced human intervention by 75%, increased safety compliance using AI/ML-based video analytics, and improved training with Virtual Reality Solutions.
Mr. Sunil Gupta, COO, Vedanta Aluminium Business, highlighted Vedanta’s strong efforts towards business excellence, saying, “We’re honoured by the recognition at the CII Awards.” This award recognises our dedication to achieving constant business excellence by digitising our supply chain and improving our energy efficiency and safety operations. We are committed to driving the industrial industry’s digital transition by creating new and better standards.”
This achievement adds to the long list of honours bestowed upon Vedanta for its pioneering efforts in the field of business excellence. Some prominent honours include: Frost & Sullivan’s Awards: Certificate of Merit for Artificial Intelligence in the Manufacturing Sector: The project incorporates real-time predictive warnings on equipment health to limit unexpected breaks, increased equipment availability, import of power cost optimisation owing to fewer unscheduled setbacks, and continuing results fine tuning to match business criteria.
Business World’s Supply Chain Resilience Summit & Awards 2022 for the deployment of disruptive revolutionary supply chain solutions.
The Sustainable Development Foundation awarded the Exceed Occupational Health & Safety Award for demonstrating exemplary safety measures and practises.
The Times Group’s Sustainable Manufacturing Excellence Award: Vedanta Jharsuguda was recognised for its remarkable display of sustainable operations that are linked with Environment, Social, and Corporate (ESG) practises and guided by the objective of ‘Zero Harm, Zero Waste, Zero Discharge’ to reach net zero-carbon by 2050.
Vedanta Aluminium, a subsidiary of the Vedanta Group, is India’s biggest aluminium producer, producing more than half of the country’s aluminium, or 2.29 million tonnes in FY23. It is a market leader in value-added aluminium products with vital applications in key industries. Vedanta Aluminium is ranked second in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) 2022 global rankings for the aluminium sector, reflecting its commitment to sustainable development. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery, and power plants in India, the firm achieves its aim of promoting developing uses of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener future.
