Debasis Mohapatra
Bengaluru, 5 October 2025
Metal conglomerate, Vedanta Ltd said its aluminium production increased 1% to 617 kilotonnes year-on-year basis in the second quarter of FY26, according to provisional business updates.
Sequentially, production increased 2% from 605 kilotonnes, the company said in an exchange filing recently giving production updates for second quarter (July-September) period.
According to the company, it attained its highest-ever quarterly and half-yearly alumina production at the Lanjigarh refinery along with the highest-ever quarterly and half-yearly aluminium production driven by operational efficiency.
Vedanta’s mined metal production increased 1% year-on-year to 258 kilo tonne, making it the best-ever second quarter mined metal production.
Meanwhile, its saleable zinc production was down 6% year-on-year due to ‘pyro operations on lead only mode’ in the corresponding period last year and lower pyro plant availability.
Vedanta’s refined zinc production saw an increase of 2% to 202 kilo tonne. Zinc international production was up 50% to 57,000 tonnes.
On precious metal like saleable silver production, the company said silver production went down 22% year-on-year to 144 metric tonnes but was in-line with lead production, as per the filing.
Oil and gas production declined 16% year-on-year to 8.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company’s total power sale declined 2% year-on-year to 4,331 million units.
Though iron ore production declined 19% year-on-year due to adverse impact of high rainfall, the company saw its highest quarterly pig iron production at 238 kilo tonne, up by 26% from the same period last year. However, the production of saleable ore declined 19% to 1.1 million tonnes.
Copper production decreased 3% year-on-year owing to temporary disruptions in raw material sourcing.
