Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (SIIL) is the principal subsidiary of the Vedanta Resources Group. It was the first company in India to set up a Copper Smelter and Refinery in Private Sector and operate the largest capacity continuous Cast Copper Rod plants. SIIL’s main products, Copper Cathodes and Copper Rods meet global quality benchmarks.

SIIL’s performance makes it one of the fastest-growing companies with sales increasing from Rs.9220 million (US$ 217 Mn) in 1997-98 to Rs.67,921 million (US$ 1,527 Mn) in 2005 - 2006, recording a CAGR of 28%.

SIIL’s consistent product quality and high standard of customer service has earned it an enviable 43% share in the domestic market by volume in 2005 - 06. The hallmark of its success has been the stress on quality and constant benchmarking with the best in the world, giving it the distinction of being a low-cost, high quality, high-efficiency producer by global standards.

SIIL places a very strong emphasis on the following:

• Quality Assurance
  All SIIL facilities are equipped with the latest technology backed by thorough quality assurance systems. This is evident from the fact that SIIL is an ISO 14001 (1996), OHSAS 18001 (1999) and ISO 9001 (2000) certified organization.
• People
  At SIIL, people are its major strength, helping transform the SIIL vision into reality. Attracting, nurturing and retaining the best and the brightest are the cornerstone of its HR policy.
• State-of-the-art-Technology
  SIIL constantly endeavours to keep ahead of the Technology curve. Constantly investing in the latest in Technology and Innovation, SIIL facilities are comparable with the best in the world.
• Environmental Consciousness
  As part of its growth, SIIL will focus on environment protection. Investing in environment friendly technology, SIIL has carried out extensive work including setting up a 5000 cubic meters capacity Rainwater Harvesting System and extending the Green Belt around its facilities extensively.
• Social Consciousness
  SIIL operates with a Social Consciousness. There are several initiatives undertaken to give back to society. SIIL takes its role as a Responsible Corporate Citizen very seriously.
• Growth
  Growth is a way of life at SIIL. This is visible in the achievements over the last 5 years. SIIL has gone from strength to strength and continues to look for new opportunities to achieve returns and active growth.

Mines
SIIL owns two mines which together supplied 127,196 tons of concentrate in 2005 - 06. However, one of its mines has closed since July 2005.

Smelter
The Smelter at Tuticorin, Tamilnadu is based on a proven energy efficient and environment friendly technology, IsaProcess™ from MIM, Australia.

Refinery
The anode produced by the smelter is processed in the Refinery at Dadra Nagar Haveli, Silvassa using IsaProcess™ sourced from MIM, Australia. The copper cathodes produced are LME ‘A’ grade certified. A new refinery also using the IsaProcess™ is being added at Tuticorin for scaling up operations.

Copper Rods Plant
State-of-the-art continuous cast copper rod plant based on technology and equipment from Continuous Properzi, Italy produces continuously cast copper rods, meeting stringent quality and performance standards.

Sulphuric Acid Plant
The Sulphuric Acid Plant, with designed capacity to produce 1,068,000 tonnes of Sulphuric acid per annum, is set up with basic engineering from Kvaerner Chemetics, Canada.

Phosphoric Acid Plant
The phosphoric acid plant with HDH process has a production capacity of 180,000 tonnes per annum. Technology and basic engineering for this plant has been sourced from HydroAgri International, UK.