National Aluminium is increasing its Bauxite output

National Aluminum Co, India’s second-biggest producer, is increasing bauxite production after reopening its mines last month. Production of the key aluminum-making raw material is being increased to 15,000 metric tons a day from the current 10,000 tons. Mining was halted last month for nine days following clashes between security forces and Maoist guerillas that left 14 people dead.

Aluminum is smelted from alumina, a semi-processed material made from bauxite ore. Nalco, makes 345,000 tons of aluminum and exports 64 percent of the 1.6 million tons of alumina it produces every year.