
Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) recently revealed a study that showed aluminium consumption in the automotive sector would rise in India till 2021 buoyed by the increasing demand for electric vehicles. According to the study, India’s aluminium consumption pattern will change as per the changing requirements, while achieving the demand target of 5.3 million tonnes by 2020-21.

“Aluminium demand in the country is poised to log Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10 per cent in the next five years, beating the global average of six per cent year-on-year growth,” the study revealed. “In the present socio-economic scenario where the world is buzzing with issues like a soaring global population, increasing carbon emission, higher energy cost and insufficient feedstock, recycling is turning out to be the need of the hour rather than a matter of concern,” said Dr. Anupam Agnihotri, Director, JNARDDC, Nagpur to The Hitavada.
Dr. Agnihotri further noted that the demand for aluminium in various sectors, including electrical and automotive, is incessantly growing because of the fact it is a 100 per cent recyclable metal.
According to him, the primary demand of aluminium consumption will reduce in electrical sector from 45 per cent to 38 per cent and grow in automotive sector from 18 per cent to 21 per cent. Stringent vehicular emission norms leading to manufacturers reducing vehicle curb weight and introduction of the light-weight electrical vehicles have come as a boon to aluminium.
The JNARDDC study also shows that aluminium recycling in India has a great future. Secondary aluminium accounts for 30 per cent of India’s overall aluminium consumption of 3.3 million tonnes per year. By 2021, the demand for secondary aluminium in India is expected to reach 1.6 million tonnes, from 1.1 million tonnes at present.
Dr. Agnihotri said JNARDDC had been working closely with the Ministry of Mines and Material Recycling Association of India to promote aluminium recycling and provide technological solutions for making aluminium recycling economically and environmentally more feasible.
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