National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is facing a production loss of about Rs 1 crore per day due to coal shortage. The production has to be scaled down as there has been very less availability of coal from Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL).The company has cut down its daily production to 1,000 tonne against the normal rate of output at 1,200 tonne at the Angul smelter unit in Orissa due to coal shortage. Nalco's smelter produces about 37,000 tonnes of metal per month and runs on power supplied by captive power plant unit, having a total production capacity of about 1,200 MW.
Due to less availability of coal, the captive power generation has gone down to about 500-600 MW a day against the normal production rate of 850-860 MW, thereby, affecting the power supply to aluminium smelter. Against its daily requirement of 12,000 tonne, the company is getting about 7,400-7,500 tonnes of coal per day from MCL for last few weeks, primarily due to heavy rainfall. Due to coal shortage, the company has shut down about 120 pots out of 960 operational pots [of the smelter] from last Thursday to ensure safe operations and unhindered power supply to the remaining pots. Nalco has coal stocks of about 90,000 tonne.
Company Name | CMP |
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National Aluminium | 185.10 |
Maan Aluminium | 147.45 |
Arfin India | 50.83 |
Manaksia Aluminium | 25.58 |
Century Extrusions | 19.00 |
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