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Chandigarh: On the eve of India’s 79th Independence Day, Vedanta Limited (NSE: VEDL), the country’s leading critical minerals, energy transition metals, and natural resources conglomerate, announced a significant milestone — surpassing USD 5 billion in capital expenditure in India. This investment is part of its total USD 8.5 billion outlay, focused on expanding domestic production capacity, securing raw material supply chains, and reinforcing India’s resource atmanirbharta.
Building Industrial Strength
Vedanta’s capex is spread across capacity expansions, backward integration, and technology upgrades. These initiatives aim to create a resilient industrial base, insulating India from global commodity volatility and trade disruptions.
The company operates some of the world’s most strategic natural resource assets from India, including:
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The world’s largest single-location aluminium smelter
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The world’s largest underground zinc mine
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The world’s largest single-location zinc-lead smelter
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India’s largest onshore oil field
In the past two financial years alone, Vedanta has invested nearly USD 2.5 billion to boost production capacity, improve integration, and expand its portfolio of value-added products.
First-Quarter Momentum
In Q1 of the current fiscal year, subsidiary Hindustan Zinc approved an investment of USD 1.4 billion as part of its first-phase plan to double capacity. This includes setting up a 250 KTPA integrated smelting complex in Udaipur, alongside mines and mills expansion — signalling the group’s aggressive commitment to scaling domestic production.
Serving India’s Strategic Needs
Vedanta has positioned itself as a backbone of India’s energy and industrial ecosystem. Its businesses cater to key sectors like infrastructure, renewable energy, automotive, aerospace, defence, hi-tech manufacturing, and technology.
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Aluminium: Vedanta meets nearly half of India’s demand, with increasing focus on high-end applications in renewables, EVs, and aerospace.
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Zinc & Silver: With a 77% domestic zinc market share, Vedanta also meets around 10% of India’s silver demand, with all sales retained domestically.
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Oil & Gas: Produces roughly a quarter of India’s hydrocarbons, having delivered ~1.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent to date.
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Steel: Production is entirely consumed within India, supporting infrastructure growth.
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Nickel: Vedanta is India’s sole producer, with 80% of output catering to domestic industry.
Securing Energy Transition Metals
Amid shifting trade policies and recent tariffs on critical imports, Vedanta underlined the importance of ensuring domestic availability of aluminium, zinc, silver, and hydrocarbons at competitive prices. These resources are vital for powering public infrastructure, renewable projects, and defence manufacturing.
A Vedanta spokesperson said:
“In an era of rising resource nationalism, Vedanta is committed to ensuring India’s growth is powered by its own resources. Our integrated operations, scale, and sustained investments allow us to deliver world-class products while insulating the economy from volatile trade policies and geopolitical shocks. This is not just about self-reliance — it is about securing India’s long-term strategic and economic future.”
Atmanirbhar Bharat in Action
Vedanta’s vision of “Desh ki Zarooraton ke Liye” (for the needs of the country) directly aligns with India’s atmanirbharta agenda. By leveraging its integrated operations and abundant mineral wealth, the company aims to transform global trade turbulence into a long-term competitive advantage for India.
This philosophy goes beyond immediate capacity building. It seeks to position India as a resource-secure economy capable of delivering sustainable and inclusive growth while emerging as a globally competitive industrial power.
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