Nalco, state-owned aluminium major is planning to establish a new aluminium smelting facility of 5 lakh tonnes and 1,250 MW captive power plant in Odisha's Sundargarh district, in this regard the company will invest Rs 18,000 crore.
The Odisha-based company currently has an alumina refinery capacity of 2.1 MTPA and an aluminium smelter of 4.6 MTPA.
Recently, the company had announced that it is likely to set up another nuclear power plant, in collaboration with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) after Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat.