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Vedanta launches low carbon, green aluminium Restora products
27 Feb 2022 CW Team
Vedanta Aluminium has launched its new Restora products, its low carbon, green aluminium brand. The company unveiled two products, Restora and Restora Ultra.
Across India, Vedanta Aluminium is the first non-ferrous metals producer to manufacture low carbon products for its customers worldwide, taking a strong initiative towards its target of Net Zero Carbon by 2050. These products have been officially verified as low-carbon aluminium. With the new Restora, the company would address the fast-growing global demand for low carbon aluminium. It is manufactured through a world-class aluminium smelter using renewable energy. It has greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of aluminium manufactured. The carbon footprint of Restora Ultra is even among the lowest in the world. Restora Ultra is manufactured from recovered aluminium through the partnership of Vedanta with Runaya Refining. Under the Restora Ultra, the company will offer aluminium recovered from dross, aluminium smelting process. It is a strategic step for the company to reduce carbon emissions across every process stage. Through this, Vedanta Aluminium has reduced GHG emissions intensity by 21% in FY21 while almost tripling its production over the FY12 result. Currently, the company produces one of the largest ranges of aluminium products and its value-added product. It is India’s largest producer and exporter of aluminium billets, and the world’s largest producer of wire rods, besides China. It offers manufacturing in aluminium, global technology partnerships, research and development (R&D) innovation capabilities and evolved technical services for the customers. Vedanta Aluminium Business has world-class Aluminium Smelters, Alumina Refinery and Power Plants in India, which focuses on its mission of urging emerging applications of aluminium as the Metal of the Future for a greener, low-carbon economy. Image SourceAlso read: Vedanta to decarbonise its aluminium business operations
