Hindalco invests in copper recycling in India
Hindalco has ordered a comprehensive electronic scrap processing system from Metso Corp. to recover copper. This new system will be constructed near Hindalco’s existing copper production facility in Gujarat, India. Hindalco, a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group, which also owns the Atlanta-based aluminum producer and recycler Novelis Inc., will situate the new copper recovery system adjacent to the Birla copper unit in Pakhajan, India.
Metso, headquartered in Finland, has stated that this greenfield facility will be the first of its kind in India and is designed to produce 50,000 metric tons of low-carbon copper annually.
The equipment and technology ordered by Hindalco include three Kaldo furnaces, an anode furnace, an anode casting shop, gas cleaning systems, and additional supporting equipment. The new facility is expected to be built and operational within two years, with Metso also providing the basic engineering for the plant.