London Metal Exchange(LME) Passport Automation For India’s Largest Aluminium Producer
About the Customer
The client is India’s largest aluminium producer and the only Indian smelter in the global ‘1 Million Tonne’ club. With a 1.6 MTPA smelter and 3,615 MW power facility at Jharsuguda, it leads in value-added aluminium for core industries. For over two decades, Vedanta has been driving socio-economic growth, nation building, and self-reliance.
Challenges
- Legacy ERP/LIMS integration with LME Passport requires custom APIs, while non-standard formats and manual COA entry cause errors.
- Accreditation gaps and strict real-time validations create compliance risks, with varying Certificates of Analysis (COA) rules across regions adding complexity.
- Multi-party workflows (producers, labs, logistics, marketing) face coordination issues and accountability disputes.
- Connectivity challenges, system downtime, and complex UI design disrupt smooth operations.
- Security concerns around tampering and limited audit trails reduce trust and traceability.
Our Solution
- Adopt ISO/IEC compliant LIMS with pre-built LME Passport APIs.
- Implement pre-submission validation tools aligned with LME rules.
- Define SLAs between producers, labs, logistics & marketing; use shared dashboards.
- Establish fallback paper protocols with rapid digital retro-entry.
- Leverage LME Passport’s cryptographic sealing for tamper-proof COAs.
- The solution enhances traceability, accessibility, and transparency across aluminium shipments
The Outcomes
1st
and only smelter in India to implement the LME Passport.
Top 0
primary aluminium producers globally with a direct digital Certificate of Analysis (CoA) link to the LME platform.
The integration automates CoA submission, ensuring faster and more reliable quality and compliance checks.
Digital COAs replace paper processes, reducing errors and delays
