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Centre Government unveil aluminium, copper vision documents

Posted 05 Jul 2025

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These two documents were unveiled at the International Conference on Sustainable and Responsible Mining organised by the Indian National Committee of the World Mining Congress in Hyderabad.

About Vision Document

  • Provides a long-term strategy to meet growing domestic demand while ensuring raw material security.
  • Copper Vision Document: Anticipates a six fold increase in demand by 2047 and outlines plans to add 5 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) of smelting and refining capacity by 2030.
  • Aluminium Vision Document: Outlines a strategic roadmap to scale up aluminium production six fold by 2047 and aims to expand bauxite production capacity to 150 MTPA.

Distribution of Copper and Aluminium

Aluminium/Bauxite

  • India 
    • Reserve: Odisha (41%) followed by Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh for bauxite.
      • Odisha is leading producing State (73%).
  • World
    • China is the leading producer of aluminium ( 58%) which is followed by Australia,Brazil and India.

Copper

  • India : 
    • Reserves: Rajasthan (52.25%) followed by Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
    • Production: Madhya Pradesh was the leading producer (57% of the production during 2022-23), followed by Rajasthan (43%).
  • World
    • Chile has the largest share ( 19% of world reserves) followed by Peru and  Australia (10%).

Strategic Role of Copper and Aluminium

  • Copper is vital to India’s energy transition, infrastructure growth, and green technologies such as electric vehicles and solar power.
  • Aluminium is vital in enabling clean energy systems, electric mobility, and modern infrastructure. 
  • Tags :
  • Copper
  • Aluminium
  • Copper vision documents
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