Vedanta is one of the world ’ s largest natural resources company with interests in Zinc , Lead , Silver , Copper , Iron Ore , Aluminium , Power and Oil & Gas , with a significant foothold across India . The company has a number of major operations across - deep breath - copper ( Vedanta Ltd . Copper Division – Sterlite Copper ), zinc ( Hindustan Zinc Ltd ), aluminium ( Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd , Vedanta Ltd – Aluminium Division ), iron ore ( Vedanta Ltd – Sesa Iron Ore ), oil & gas ( Cairn India Ltd ), and power ( Vedanta Ltd – Power Division , MALCO Energy Ltd , Hindustan Zinc Ltd ). And breathe . The fully integrated zinc operations currently hold 79 percent market share in India ’ s zinc industry . Vedanta is also one of the largest silver producers globally with an annual capacity of 16moz . There is huge end-demand for zinc in India , particularly since the galvanizing sector continues to deliver strong growth . The country ’ s investment in

infrastructure is also driving enddemand for zinc , and this momentum is likely to continue for many years .

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Hindalco Industries Limited is the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group and just so happens to be an industry leader in aluminium and copper . A turnover of a small sum of US $ 17 billion makes Hindalco the world ’ s largest aluminium rolling company and one of the primary producers of Aluminium in Asia . Hindalco has operations in aluminium , and copper , with a world class copper smelter that stands as one of the world ’ s largest custom smelters at a single location . The company ’ s aluminium smelting operations - and there are many ( Uttar Pradesh , Odisha , Madhya Pradesh ) - produce a combined 1.3 million tonnes of primary aluminium per year .

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