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| Project & Sponsoring Enterprise | Commodity | Location / Country | Stage & Status | Design Capacity | CapEx Allocation | Target Completion | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simandou High-Grade Iron Ore Blocks 3 & 4 Rio Tinto plc•Open-Pit Mine | Iron Ore | Nzérékoré Region Guinea | ConstructionStatus: Active | 60,000,000 MTPA | $6.2B | 2028-12-31 | |
Kalinganagar Phase II Flat Products Capacity Doubling Tata Steel Limited•Brownfield Expansion | Steel | Jajpur, Odisha India | CommissioningStatus: Active | 5,000,000 MTPA | $3.4B | 2026-12-31 | |
Vijayanagar Megasteel Blast Furnace #5 Installation JSW Steel Limited•Brownfield Expansion | Steel | Toranagallu, Karnataka India | EngineeringStatus: Active | 4,500,000 MTPA | $2.8B | 2027-11-30 | |
Western Ridge Iron Ore Replacement Hub BHP Group Limited•Open-Pit Mine | Iron Ore | Newman, Pilbara Australia | ConstructionStatus: Active | 25,000,000 MTPA | $2.0B | 2027-05-30 | |
Angul Aluminium Smelter Potline #5 Greenfield Expansion National Aluminium Company Limited•Greenfield Smelter | Aluminium | Angul, Odisha India | Pre-FeasibilityStatus: Active | 500,000 MTPA | $1.8B | 2029-12-31 | |
Grasberg Block Cave Autonomous Ore Flow Expansion Freeport-McMoRan Inc.•Underground Mine | Copper | Mimika Regency, Papua Indonesia | ConstructionStatus: Active | 160,000 Tonnes per Day Ore | $1.4B | 2027-12-31 | |
Mahan Aluminium Smelter Modernization & Potline Expansion Hindalco Industries Limited•Brownfield Expansion | Aluminium | Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh India | ConstructionStatus: Active | 360,000 MTPA | $1.1B | 2027-09-30 | |
Odda Zinc Smelter Capacity Doubling (Odda 350) Boliden AB•Brownfield Expansion | Zinc | Odda, Hordaland Norway | CommissioningStatus: Active | 350,000 MTPA | $950M | 2026-11-30 | |
Hombre Muerto Lithium Hydroxide Brine Extraction Phase 2 POSCO Holdings Inc.•Battery Cathode Plant | Lithium | Salar del Hombre Muerto Argentina | ConstructionStatus: Active | 25,000 MTPA LCE | $830M | 2027-02-28 | |
Lanjigarh Alumina Refinery Expansion to 5 MTPA Vedanta Limited•Brownfield Expansion | Alumina | Kalahandi, Odisha India | ConstructionStatus: Active | 2,000,000 MTPA | $650M | 2027-03-31 | |
Bhilai Modernization & Pellet Plant EPC Package Steel Authority of India Limited•Beneficiation Plant | Iron Ore | Durg, Chhattisgarh India | ProcurementStatus: Active | 4,000,000 MTPA Pellets | $580M | 2027-08-15 | |
Capanema Iron Ore Re-start & Dry Beneficiation Vale S.A.•Beneficiation Plant | Iron Ore | Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais Brazil | CommissioningStatus: Active | 18,000,000 MTPA | $495M | 2026-10-31 | |
Katanga Copper-Cobalt Hydrometallurgical Upgrade Glencore plc•Refinery Modernization | Cobalt | Kolwezi, Lualaba DR Congo | ProcurementStatus: Active | 35,000 MTPA Cobalt Metal | $450M | 2027-04-30 | |
Sindesar Khurd Deep Underground Zinc Mine Extension Hindustan Zinc Limited•Underground Mine | Zinc | Rajsamand, Rajasthan India | EngineeringStatus: Active | 6,500,000 MTPA Ore | $420M | 2028-06-30 | |
Quellaveco Copper Coarse Particle Recovery Circuit Anglo American plc•Refinery Modernization | Copper | Moquegua Peru | EngineeringStatus: Active | 330,000 MTPA Copper Eq | $275M | 2027-06-30 | |
Pinjarra Alumina Electric Calcination Demonstration Alcoa Corporation•Refinery Modernization | Alumina | Pinjarra, Western Australia Australia | FeasibilityStatus: Active | 100,000 MTPA Calcinate | $140M | 2028-04-30 |