National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is reportedly planning to ramp up its aluminium, alumina and power capacities and join the club of one million tonne aluminium producers by 2020. In this regard, the company has lined up over Rs 20,000 crore investments.
The company’s aluminium smelter at Angul can now produce optimum of 0.46 million tonne per annum. The company is planning to put up a new pot line to its existing facilities which will boost the aluminium making capacity to over one million tonne.
Further, the company has initiated steps to augment its power generation and alumina production to support the metal capacity expansion.
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.
