Restora and Restora Ultra

Rolls of aluminium / Source: Vedanta Aluminum

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WHAT WE SAY:

Everyone on our planet is now impacted by the plastic crisis, so innovation is needed on a global scale. Whilst recycled aluminium is always best, it is still well worth celebrating India’s first low carbon aluminium.

We need everyone, everywhere, to be adopting best practices to ensure we make low impact materials as widely available as possible, as fast as possible.

Restora and Restora Ultra

WHAT IS RESTORA AND RESTORA ULTRA?

Vedanta Aluminium – one of India’s largest Aluminium producers – has created India’s first low-carbon aluminium materials named Restora, as well as its ultra-low carbon Restora Ultra.
The company claims that both product lines can be produced for less than 4 metric tons of CO2 for every metric ton of aluminium (the global threshold for low-carbon aluminium), and that Restora Ultra has a ‘near-zero’ carbon footprint, although further details or LCAs were not available.
Restora’s low carbon footprint is achieved by using renewable energy to power Vedanta’s aluminium smelters; Restora Ultra achieves an even lower footprint by using aluminium dross (a byproduct of the smelting process).
The materials were announced in February 2022, with the company saying it had commercial interest from several buyers on its first 100,000 metric tons of product.

KEY PROPERTIES:

Flexible
Low-Carbon
Recyclable
Recycled
Strong

INDUSTRY:

Food & Beverage
Packaging

AVAILABILITY:

Commercially Available

DIVE DEEPER:

The production of virgin aluminium is incredibly energy intensive and releases large amounts of harmful carbons. Low-carbon aluminium attempts to make the most of the metal’s positive impact – infinite recyclability – while limiting these damaging effects.
Restora Ultra is made from recovered aluminium through Vedanta’s partnership with Runaya Refining – a startup focused on bringing circular solutions to India’s resource sector.
The partnership with Runaya leverages patented technology from Taha International, a Netherlands-based company, which enables Vedanta to capture and process the aluminium dross, which is typically wasted during smelting.
Restora will be made available for export as billets, primary foundry alloy (PFA), wire rods, slabs, P1020 ingots and can also be customised according to client requests.
Vedanta produces more than half of India’s aluminium and created 1.9 million tons of the metal for the country in 2020.
The business produces aluminium for the aerospace, space exploration, national defence, automotive, building and construction, electrical distribution, and packaging industries.
Vedanta’s aluminium is produced and processed in Odisha, India.

KEY FACTS:

75%

Of the aluminium ever produced is still in use today.

1.9 million tn

Vedanta produces more than half of India’s aluminium and created 1.9 million tons of the metal in 2020.

Key Questions to Ask:

Low carbon or recycled?

While reducing the carbon footprint of virgin aluminium is important, using recycled aluminium is even better, especially if it can be sourced locally - which given the well-established recycling infrastructure in many countries is a very realistic possibility.

Think systems, as well as materials

In a similar vein, whenever using aluminium it is critical to ensure that the market where your product will be consumed has a well-established recycling system. Recycled aluminium is a great choice, single-use aluminium is not. And how can you communicate aluminium’s infinite recyclability to consumers.

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Restora and Restora Ultra

WHAT WE SAY:

Everyone on our planet is now impacted by the plastic crisis, so innovation is needed on a global scale. Whilst recycled aluminium is always best, it is still well worth celebrating India’s first low carbon aluminium.

WHAT IS RESTORA AND RESTORA ULTRA?

KEY PROPERTIES:

INDUSTRY:

AVAILABILITY:

Commercially Available

DIVE DEEPER:

The production of virgin aluminium is incredibly energy intensive and releases large amounts of harmful carbons. Low-carbon aluminium attempts to make the most of the metal’s positive impact – infinite recyclability – while limiting these damaging effects.

Restora Ultra is made from recovered aluminium through Vedanta’s partnership with Runaya Refining – a startup focused on bringing circular solutions to India’s resource sector.

The partnership with Runaya leverages patented technology from Taha International, a Netherlands-based company, which enables Vedanta to capture and process the aluminium dross, which is typically wasted during smelting.

Restora will be made available for export as billets, primary foundry alloy (PFA), wire rods, slabs, P1020 ingots and can also be customised according to client requests.

Vedanta produces more than half of India’s aluminium and created 1.9 million tons of the metal for the country in 2020.

The business produces aluminium for the aerospace, space exploration, national defence, automotive, building and construction, electrical distribution, and packaging industries.

Vedanta’s aluminium is produced and processed in Odisha, India.

KEY FACTS:

75%

1.9 million tn

Key Questions to Ask:

Low carbon or recycled?

Think systems, as well as materials

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