Aditya Birla Minerals

Aditya Birla Minerals Profile and History

Aditya Birla Minerals (ABY) is an Australian based mining company with a focus on copper production and exploration; located in Perth, Western Australia. Our company holds mining and copper exploration activities at the Birla Nifty Copper Operation (BNCO) in the Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara, WA. Aditya Birla Minerals was established in 2003 to acquire and produce copper in concentrate in Australi a, acquiring both its' Nifty and Mt Gordon operations and substantial, prospective adjacent exploration tenements in that year. Since this time, ABY management has turn around the performance of these assets resulting in substantial increases in operational efficiency and production. ABY was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2006. The company ships copper in concentrate produced from Nifty to the Hindalco copper smelter in India. The company has entered into an agreement to sell the entire life of mine production to Hindalco Industries Limited. ABY is presently 51% owned by Hindalco, the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group and the world's largest aluminium rolling company and one of the biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia.