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PROJECT MILESTONE
Adani starts up Mundra copper plant, boosting India’s 100% subsidiary of Agrocel Industries Pvt. Ltd. AGROCEL

metal capacity INDUSTRIES PVT LTD
India’s leading manufacturer of Bromine offers
The Gautam Adani-led group has recycles treated wastewater within pro- India’s per capita copper consump-
announced the start of the fi rst phase cesses to reduce waste,” the statement tion is estimated around 0.6-kg, com-
of what will eventually be the world’s added. pared to the global average of 3.2-kg. Bromine, HBr, CaBr , NaBr
largest single-location copper manufac- The country’s drive towards clean
turing plant, at Mundra in Gujarat. Signifi cant output of by-products energy, increasing penetration of EVs 2
Kutch Copper will produce copper and a host of associated applications
Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of the cathodes and rods, as well as valuable are expected to double domestic copper n-Propyl Bromide
group’s fl agship fi rm, Adani Enterprises by-products such as gold (25-tpa), silver demand by 2030.
Ltd. (AEL), has commissioned the fi rst (250-tpa), selenium and platinum.
phase of its $1.2-bn greenfi eld copper India’s copper production has been Iso Propyl Bromide
refi nery by dispatching the maiden Additionally, it will produce sul- unable to meet demand, and imports
batch of cathodes to customers. The phuric acid (1.5-mtpa), a key raw have been consistently on the rise for
fi rst phase has a capacity to produce material for manufacturing phosphatic the past fi ve years. In FY23, India Phosphorus Tribromide
0.5-mtpa of refi ned copper, and the fertilisers, detergents, pharmaceuticals, imported a record 181-kt of copper,
full-scale 1-mtpa capacity is expected speciality chemicals, etc. India imports while exports plummeted to a low of
by ready by March 2029, the company roughly 2-mtpa of sulphuric acid. The 30-kt. Domestic demand in FY23 was
said in a statement. Technologies criti- plant will also have the capacity to about 750-kt, and is expected to rise to Phosphorus Oxybromide
cal to the energy transition like electric produce 250-ktpa of phosphoric acid. 1.7-mt by 2027.
vehicles (EVs), charging infrastructure,
solar photovoltaics (PV), wind and Indian copper markets Forward integration strategy Ethyl-2-Bromobutyrate
batteries, all require copper. Adani’s copper plant comes at a Kutch Copper is also working
time when Vedanta Ltd. is seeking to towards establishing Kutch Copper
“With Kutch Copper commencing reopen a long-shuttered 400-ktpa plant Tubes Ltd. as part of its forward inte- 1-Bromo,3-Chloropropane
operations, the Adani portfolio of com- at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The coun- gration strategy to add copper tubes
panies is not only entering the metals try’s biggest copper smelter is currently to its portfolio. These tubes will cater
sector but also driving India’s leap operated by Hindalco Industries Ltd., to applications in air conditioning and
towards a sustainable and aatmanirbhar with a capacity of 0.5-mtpa. refrigeration.
(self-reliant) future,” said Mr. Gautam
Adani, Chairman, Adani Group, in a PROJECT COMMISSIONINGS
statement. “Our speed of execution GAIL to commission its fi rst green hydrogen project
in this ambitious, super-sized project in April
underscores our commitment to take
India to the forefront of the global GAIL (India) Ltd. plans to commis- (PEM) electrolyser for green hydrogen
copper sector.” sion its fi rst green hydrogen project at production has been imported from
its Vijaipur complex in Madhya Pradesh Canada. It will produce about 4.3-tpd
“The technology used by Kutch in April, as per reports in the media. The (tonnes per day) of hydrogen, with a
Copper is engineered to have the lowest 10-MW proton exchange membrane purity of 99.999%, using renewable power.
carbon footprint. One-third of the plant
area has been designated as green belt Andhra Sugars begins commercial operations at Contact us for your requirements:
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