Vedanta Expands BALCO Wire Rod Output for Digital Growth

20 Jun 2025 CW Team

With the nationwide rollout of 5G networks, rural broadband, smart city projects, and cloud infrastructure, aluminium has gained importance due to its high conductivity, corrosion resistance, strength, and light weight. BALCO’s BIS-certified wire rods are critical in ensuring seamless signal transmission and network reliability.

In FY25, BALCO produced over 200,000 MTPA of aluminium wire rods, entirely catering to domestic markets such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. The portfolio includes specialised grades for applications like conductors, cable sheathing, tower grounding, and optical fibre cables.

BALCO was the first in India to receive BIS 5484 certification for alloy wire rods, reinforcing its leadership in quality and innovation. With surging demand from telecom and power transmission sectors, largely fuelled by digitalisation, energy transition, and urbanisation, the company is executing key growth projects to double its aluminium capacity from 0.57 MTPA to 1 MTPA.

Rajiv Kumar, CEO of Vedanta Aluminium, stated, “Aluminium wire rods are indispensable to building a resilient and future-ready digital backbone for India. At Vedanta, we are proud to offer a BIS-certified portfolio of high-performance grades that cater to the evolving needs of the telecom and power sectors. With a capacity expansion underway at BALCO, we are poised to meet India’s growing demand for advanced conductive materials while delivering on our sustainability commitments.”

Beyond telecom and power, BALCO’s aluminium wire rods are increasingly used across the automotive, electrical appliances, and steel industries, further contributing to India’s broader industrial transformation.

Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, produced 2.42 million tonnes of aluminium in FY25, accounting for over half of India’s total output. The company specialises in value-added aluminium products used in essential sectors and ranks second globally in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024 for the aluminium industry. With its integrated operations comprising smelters, a refinery, and power plants, Vedanta Aluminium continues to promote aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ in support of a sustainable future.

Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, has announced an expansion of its wire rod production capacity at Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), as part of its broader plan to increase overall output to 1 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA). This move aligns with the growing demand for high-quality aluminium wire rods driven by India’s rapid growth in digital infrastructure, power transmission, and industrial development.With the nationwide rollout of 5G networks, rural broadband, smart city projects, and cloud infrastructure, aluminium has gained importance due to its high conductivity, corrosion resistance, strength, and light weight. BALCO’s BIS-certified wire rods are critical in ensuring seamless signal transmission and network reliability.In FY25, BALCO produced over 200,000 MTPA of aluminium wire rods, entirely catering to domestic markets such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. The portfolio includes specialised grades for applications like conductors, cable sheathing, tower grounding, and optical fibre cables.BALCO was the first in India to receive BIS 5484 certification for alloy wire rods, reinforcing its leadership in quality and innovation. With surging demand from telecom and power transmission sectors, largely fuelled by digitalisation, energy transition, and urbanisation, the company is executing key growth projects to double its aluminium capacity from 0.57 MTPA to 1 MTPA.Rajiv Kumar, CEO of Vedanta Aluminium, stated, “Aluminium wire rods are indispensable to building a resilient and future-ready digital backbone for India. At Vedanta, we are proud to offer a BIS-certified portfolio of high-performance grades that cater to the evolving needs of the telecom and power sectors. With a capacity expansion underway at BALCO, we are poised to meet India’s growing demand for advanced conductive materials while delivering on our sustainability commitments.”Beyond telecom and power, BALCO’s aluminium wire rods are increasingly used across the automotive, electrical appliances, and steel industries, further contributing to India’s broader industrial transformation.Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta Limited, produced 2.42 million tonnes of aluminium in FY25, accounting for over half of India’s total output. The company specialises in value-added aluminium products used in essential sectors and ranks second globally in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024 for the aluminium industry. With its integrated operations comprising smelters, a refinery, and power plants, Vedanta Aluminium continues to promote aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ in support of a sustainable future.

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