Vedanta's Aluminium Production Drops 2% to 5,66,000 Tonne In Q3

The company's total aluminum output stood at 5,79,000 tonne in the year-ago period.

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<div class="paragraphs"><p>Aluminum billets sit stacked in the cast house unit of a aluminium smelter in the cast house unit of the Vedanta Ltd. (Source: Company website)</p></div>

Aluminum billets sit stacked in the cast house unit of a aluminium smelter in the cast house unit of the Vedanta Ltd. (Source: Company website)

Vedanta on Tuesday said that its total aluminum production dropped by 2% to 5,66,000 tonne in the third quarter of the current fiscal.

The company's total aluminum output stood at 5,79,000 tonne in the year-ago period.

"Alumina production at Lanjigarh refinery decreased by 6% YoY and 2% QoQ to 443kt due to maintenance activities in calciners," Vedanta said in a filing to BSE.

The company said at Zinc India, the mined metal production increased marginally by 1% to 2,54,000 tonne in the third quarter.

Production of saleable iron ore in Karnataka rose 17% to 1.5 million tonne in the third quarter over 1.2 MT in the year-ago period.

The finished steel production in Q3 dropped to 3,06,000 tonne from 3,50,000 tonne in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.