Vedanta Aluminium hosts AI-focused event
Vedanta Aluminium hosted a tech showcase focused on AI in industrial production.
The MetALverse event in Jharsuguda, Odisha, India was hosted in collaboration with V-Spark, a manufacturing tech incubator.
The company also confirmed partnerships with several technology providers, including OpenAI, Microsoft and SAP.
Together they will deploy multi-pronged solutions to cumulatively unlock value through the adoption of AI, digitalisation and automation technologies across Vedanta Aluminium’s operations.
A value opportunity of ₹2,100 crore ($220,000) will be achieved through the integration of solutions for plant productivity, cost optimisation, asset reliability and sustainability initiatives across Vedanta Aluminium’s integrated value chain.
The identified partners include OpenAI for generative AI and intelligent agents; Microsoft for cloud, AI and enterprise transformation; SAP for integrated enterprise processes; AVEVA for industrial data, digital twins and advanced analytics; Rockwell Automation for smart manufacturing and control systems; Thoughtworks for digital engineering; and Fives for aluminium process technologies and carbon plant optimisation.
Collaborations will focus on technical evaluation, data integration, pilot deployment and scale-up potential.
Through its V-Spark innovation ecosystem, the company aims to rapidly validate and deploy solutions that strengthen productivity, safety, sustainability, asset reliability and operational decision-making.
Vedanta Aluminium is actively collaborating with nearly 70 startups under the programme. This spans an alumina refinery in Lanjigarh; Odisha, its aluminium plant in Jharsuguda; Odisha, and Indian aluminium producer, BALCO, in Korba; Chhattisgarh, it said.
Priya Agarwal Hebbar, Non-Executive Director of Vedanta Limited and Chairperson of Hindustan Zinc, said: “India’s manufacturing sector is entering a defining decade.
“The future will belong to companies that combine scale with intelligence, sustainability and the courage to rethink what is possible.
“At Vedanta Aluminium, we see AI as a catalyst for that transformation, with human intelligence providing the judgement and direction behind it.
"We are bringing together the best minds across industry and technology because we don’t want to simply make today’s plants better.
"We want to build the metal of the future, using the technologies of the future.”
