ʻO ka papahana hoʻonui hou 500,000 ton o Balco Kolba electrolytic alumini alumini ma India ua hoʻomaka e kūkulu.

Ma ka lā 24 o Mei, 2024, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o nā nūpepa haole, ua hoʻomaka ka hana hoʻonui o Balco's Kolba electrolytic aluminum plant ma Kolba, Chhattisgarh, India i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hapaha mua o 2024. Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka papahana hoʻonui ma 2017 a ua i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia i ka hapahā ʻehā o 2027. Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻolālā mua ʻo Balco, kahi hui alumini India, i ʻekolu mau māhele o ka alumini electrolytic. nā papahana. ʻO kēia papahana hana ke kolu o ka hana, me ka mana hana hou i hoʻolālā ʻia o 500000 tons. ʻO ka mana hana makahiki i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hana mua o ka pāhana alumini electrolytic o Balco Aluminum he 245000 tons, a ʻo ka lua o ka hana he 325000 tons, ʻo ia mau mea ʻelua i kēia manawa i ka piha piha. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka ʻaoʻao mua a me ka lua ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau a me ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka ʻāpana ʻoihana, aʻo ke kolu o ka pae e pili ana i ka pae mua. Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo Bharat Aluminum Company (BALCO) a hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1965, a ua lilo i ʻoihana hana alumini mua ma India ma 1974. Ma 2001, ua lawe ʻia ka hui e Vedanta Resources. I ka makahiki 2021, lanakila lanakila ʻo Guiyang Institute i nā lako lako a me nā ʻaelike lawelawe no ka Balco's 414000 ton electrolytic aluminum project ma India, a loaʻa i ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana o ka ʻenehana alumini electrolytic 500KA a Kina i ka mākeke India.