Job Context
Aditya Birla Group is India's first truly multinational corporation. A US $65 billion corporation, the Aditya Birla Group is in the League of Fortune 500. It is anchored by an extraordinary force of over 1,87,000 employees belonging to 41 different nationalities.
Hindalco is one of the leading producers of aluminum and copper. Hindalco ranks among the global top five aluminum majors, as an integrated producer with low-cost alumina and aluminum facilities combined with high-end rolling capabilities and a global footprint in 13 countries. It has a turnover of US$14.8 billion. Hindalco's major products include standard and specialty grade alumina and hydrates, aluminum ingots, billets, wire rods, flat rolled products, extrusions and foil. Some of Hindalco’s brands include Everlast aluminum roofing sheets, Freshwrapp aluminium foil, Fresh pack, semi-rigid containers, Perma shield, waterproofing, Aluminum foil, Hindalco extrusions, Birla Copper, Birla Gold, Birla Silver
At Hindalco, we have captive Coal and Bauxite mines, located in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and in Maharashtra. We have total 16 MTPA of coal requirement. Hindalco is building coal portfolio of 17-18 MTPA through own mines.
Bandha Coal Mine is a Green Field Project with an annual production plan of 5 MTPA with complete open cast mining. The Mine was allotted to EMMRL in auction process and allocation order received from MOC on 3 rd Mar 2021. The control of EMMRL was taken over by Hindalco Industries Limited from 1 st Dec 2025 through share purchase agreement between EMIL & Hindalco. All statutory clearances required for mining including FC-I, FC-II, EC, and mine opening permission have already been obtained. The mineable reserve is 207 million tons & extractable reserve of 197 million tons.
Major Challenges :-
Availability of skill manpower:-Availability of skilled manpower for drilling & Blasting to achieving targeted production.
Control of absenteeism: - Absenteeism and migration of workforce from day to day work due to difficult and adverse working condition mining.
System availability and integration: - Ensuring integration and availability of all the resources (equipment and latest technology) for drilling & blasting of coal from different working faces over a network of 4 km from different seams of the Mine.
Cost control: - AsMine has been procured at a high price, production at optimum cost with the most efficient use of available resource.
Motivation of work force:- To motivate workforce under adverse industrial and
Economic scenario.
