Nalco to increase aluminium production

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is planning to increase aluminium production. In this regard, the company has reopened 10 aluminium-producing pots at its Angul smelter in Odisha last week. Last fiscal Nalco had reduced its capacity utilization by one third due to sluggish aluminium market and lower LME realization and coal shortage. It had shut down 329 of its total 960 pots or 4.6 lakh tonnes a year of its smelter. Now operational pot numbers have gone up to 641. A Nalco pot can produce 1.37 tonnes a day. NALCO has the largest integrated alumina-aluminium complex of Asia. Its integrated operations cover the entire aluminium production value chain from mining bauxite, refining alumina, smelting aluminium, captive power generation to a strong logistic network in terms of rail & port facilities, coal mining and handling plant to support its operations and to become one of the most cost-efficient aluminium companies across the globe.