Hindalco announces ₹21,000-crore smelter expansion and commissions FRP and battery foil facilities in Odisha

Hindalco Industries Ltd, the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, has announced a major expansion of its aluminium operations in Odisha, including a ₹21,000-crore, 3.6 lakh-tonne-per-annum smelter expansion and a 1.7 lakh-tonne-per-annum Flat Rolled Products (FRP) and battery-grade aluminium foil manufacturing facility with an investment of ₹4,500 crore. These projects are expected to generate over 15,000 additional jobs, supporting electric mobility, defence, and advanced manufacturing. The FRP expansion aims to halve India’s flat-rolled aluminium import dependence, and the battery-grade aluminium foil facility is designed to support up to 100 GWh of lithium-ion cell manufacturing capacity. Hindalco's overall growth capex plan is ₹55,000 crore across India.