Feb 14 (Reuters) - Vedanta Ltd VDAN.NS
* Dec quarter consol net profit 18.66 billion rupees
* Consensus forecast for Dec quarter consol net profit was 19.38 billion rupees
* Dec quarter consol total income from operations 203.93 billion rupees
* Consol net profit in dec quarter last year was 4.12 billion rupees as per ind-as; consol total income from operations was 157.31 billion rupees
* Says in Dec quarter, Zinc India mined metal production up 44% q-o-q in line with mine plans
* Says in FY 2017 Zinc India mined metal production expected to be higher than FY2016
* Says for Zinc International, FY2017 volume expected at 160kt; Q4 COP estimated at $1200-$1250/t
* Says FY 2018 oil and gas net capex estimated at $100m with optionality of additional $150mn for key projects
* Says for Zinc International, continued focus on cost savings with an expected annualized saving of $10 mn
* Says aluminium FY 2017 production of 1 to 1.1mn tonnes (excluding. Trial run)
* Says for iron ore, sales of 3.7mt and production of 2.6mt in Q3
* Says working with the state government on allocation of bauxite and commencement of laterite mining
* Says for Copper India, production stable at 102kt in Q3
* Says bauxite mines at balco to exit FY2017 with run rate of 2mtpa
* The profit alert was first sourced from TV and was later confirmed from a company press release at the National Stock Exchange Source text: Further company coverage: VDAN.NS