The Vedanta Aluminium dispatched its first rake consignment of 4,000 tonnes of fly-ash from Jharsuguda plant to one of
the plants of Holcim India – ACC Cement, Chaibasa Cement Works, for the production of low-carbon cement.
The initiative is a part of Vedanta Jharsuguda’s waste-to-wealth imperatives and
ensures gainful utilisation of an industrial by-product such as fly-ash in circular economy avenues.
Flagging off the first rake consignment, CEO – Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda, Sunil Gupta, said, “Our endeavours to reduce, reuse and recycle our industrial by-products is rooted in our business ethos of Zero Harm, Zero Waste and Zero Discharge. Fly-ash being a voluminous product
of the thermal power-reliant aluminium industry, we are exploring strategic partnerships in the construction and infrastructure sectors to utilise our fly-ash through avenues of circular economy,
such as cement production, brick manufacturing, and so on. At Vedanta Jharsuguda, we use high- quality coal which results in better quality fly-ash, and we are delighted to be ACC Cement’s supplier of choice in this regard."
Notably, In FY '22, Vedanta Jharsuguda had supplied 190,000 tonnes of fly-ash to various cement plants in its vicinity and 60,000 tonnes to local brick manufacturing MSMEs. The company
has also entered a long-term partnership with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for building greener roads with fly-ash. Through persistent endeavours in this direction, the company
has recorded highest ever fly-ash utilisation this year.