National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is reportedly aiming to reduce cost of aluminium production by around 9%. In this regard, the company will bring new energy efficient technology and ramp up metal output through brown field expansion.
The strategy centers two things. First, the company is planning to add a new pot line near its current smelter plant location at Angul based on the latest technology and second, going for modernisation of the existing pot line at the smelter. For the new pot line, it has identified to use AP-Xe technology which would reduce the consumption of electricity, a key input for aluminium making, by 700 kwh.
Similarly, in the existing smelter, it has decided to overhaul the pot line by changing over to AP2x technology which is expected to bring down the energy consumption by 600 kwh.
