(Reuters) -Hindalco Industries, one of India’s largest aluminium and copper producers, said on Thursday it plans to invest 450 billion rupees ($5.21 billion) in its aluminium, copper, and specialty alumina businesses.
The investment will be to deliver both upstream and high-precision engineered products, Hindalco said in a filing.
The company is on track to surpass 1 million ton of refined copper production, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group said in an address during a company event.
“The journey marks a transformative path from a metals supplier to an engineered solutions partner,” Birla said.
Hindalco is working on automotive, electric vehicles, packaging, and also collaborating with battery manufacturers, he said.
($1 = 86.3350 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Sethuraman NR; Editing by Savio D’Souza)
