GACL ties up with Vedanta to explore opportunities in caustic-chlorine, other businesses
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL) on Tuesday said it has signed an initial pact with Vedanta Aluminium for exploring various business opportunities in the areas of caustic-chlorine and other allied businesses. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisages to recognize the potential of adding value to the business of both GACL and Vedanta Aluminium by adopting a collaborative approach in common business interests to achieve synergy, GACL said in a regulatory filing.
Vedanta Aluminium is a business of Vedanta Ltd.
Accordingly, both the companies desire to explore the opportunities for cooperation in greater detail so that the resources could be pooled together in a mutually beneficial manner, it said.
«With this MoU, both companies have, in-principle, agreed to jointly explore the business opportunities either in the form of joint venture project or through contractual arrangements of mutual interest,» it added.
Gujarat-based GACL has a production capacity of 8,52,400 tonne per annum with manufacturing facilities spread over four complexes, two each in Vadodara and Dahej.
