Gandhinagar: Hindalco Industries Limited, a metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, announced that it will be setting up India’s first e-waste and copper recycling plant in Dahej.

Hindalco operates one of the world’s largest single-location copper smelter complexes in Dahej, in the Bharuch district of Gujarat, with integrated port facilities. To meet the rising global demand for copper, the company is expanding its smelting capacity at the facility and exploring the construction of a brownfield factory in the same business-friendly state, which is emerging as the copper capital of the world.

“We are ramping up capacities and building new capabilities and innovative products as copper becomes a critical manufacturing component in India’s transition towards a developed economy and net-zero emissions. The electric mobility and renewable energy sectors are driving demand in a significant way. We are also setting up India’s first e-waste recycling plant in Dahej, which will further enhance the country’s capabilities in copper recycling and reinforce Hindalco’s leadership in green practices,” said Rohit Pathak, CEO – Copper Business, Hindalco.

Hindalco’s copper sales exceeded 500,000 tonnes for the first time in FY2023-24, making the company the second-largest copper rod producer globally outside of China. Hindalco’s existing unit in Dahej comprises copper smelters, supported by a captive power plant, oxygen plants, by-product and precious metal plants, utilities, and a captive jetty.

The company is also building India’s largest Copper Inner Groove Tube plant in Wagodia, Gujarat. The project is set to be commissioned by the end of this calendar year and will reduce import dependence for this key component in air conditioners. Additionally, work has started on the first and largest e-waste and copper recycling facility in Dahej. DeshGujarat