LSE-listed diversified FTSE 100 metals & mining company, and India's largest non-ferrous metals and mining company based on revenues has successfully implemented a UHF RFID solution provided by Mumbai based EssenRFID at its mining sites at Jharsuguda, Orissa. Jharsuguda houses Vedanta's 500,000 TPA aluminum smelter and an associated thermal coal-based 1,215 MW captive power plant.

The RFID solution encompasses a "Vehicle Tracking system" that tracks the movement of a large fleet of around 1500 trucks entering into the premises with the ore.

Each truck is fitted with UHF RFID tag and passes through an RFID enabled portal. The moment the truck passes through the portal, details including in-time and out-time, driver name, truck operator name, license plate number and weight of the truck (in tonnage capacity) is recorded by the RFID system and fed into the back-end server. This real-time data transfer helps ensure greater transparency across the entire value chain and helps identify and monitor leakages and eliminate any inconsistencies in the system.