Minhe County Launches 10kt-Year Aluminum Project, Boosting Local Industrial Economy

According to foreign media reports, Vedanta said on Friday (February 27) that, in the auction process organized by the Government of Odisha, the company had been declared the preferred bidder for the Karnapodikonda bauxite block. The Directorate of Mines and Geology of the Government of Odisha issued a “Notice Inviting Tender” on December 4, 2025, inviting parties to submit bids. Vedanta qualified in the initial bidding stage and participated in the online auction for the grant of the mining lease. The company received notice of the “Preferred Bidder Declaration” at 4:20 p.m. (Indian Standard Time) on February 27, 2026. The bauxite block was at the G2 exploration level, with a total area of 532.747 hectares.

Bosai Group’s Damei Company High-Aluminum Refractory Clinker Project Officially Started Trial Production This project is a major initiative following Bosai Group’s industrial restructuring in the Nanchuan segment and a powerful engine for Nanchuan District’s development of a high-end refractory materials industrial park. Covering an area of 218 mu, the project has a total investment of 1.3 billion yuan and will build an annual 400,000 mt high-aluminum refractory clinker production line along with supporting facilities. The project is planned in a single overall plan and implemented in phases; Phase I, an annual 200,000 mt production line, was completed in H2 2025.

On the morning of Saturday, February 28, 2026, the groundbreaking, commissioning, and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the aluminum rod project of Tianfu Jiangdong Technology (Meishan) Co., Ltd. was grandly held at the Meishan plant. Attending the ceremony were Yang Weidong, Deputy Director of the Ganmei Industrial Park Administrative Committee; Liu Lin, Director of the Economic Development Bureau of Ganmei Industrial Park; Xu Jihong, Deputy Party Secretary and General Manager of Meishan Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd.; Shuai Qi, Party Secretary and Chairman of Sichuan Qimingxing Aluminum Co., Ltd.; Wang Xinxin, Executive Deputy General Manager of Sichuan Tianfu Jiangdong Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Tianfu Jiangdong”); and other leaders and guests.