Source: Economic Times, India
India’s state-owned National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has produced 431,000 tonnes of aluminium in 2009-10, an increase of 19.4%, against 361,000 tonnes in 2008-09, the company said Saturday.
Its alumina refinery at Damanjodi in Koraput district has recorded the highest-ever production of 1.592 million tonnes of alumina hydrate against the previous best of 1.590 million tonnes in 2005-06, with capacity utilisation of 101.05%, NALCO said in a statement here.
The company’s bauxite mines at Panchpatmali Hills located near the refinery has produced 4.879 million tonnes of bauxite – its highest ever production- against the previous best of 4.854 million tonnes in 2005-06, with capacity utilisation of 101.64%, it said.
Despite acute coal shortage and severe power fluctuations, its captive power plant, which feeds the smelter plant at Angul, achieved the highest-ever power generation of 6,295 million units against the previous year’s 5,541 million units, up 13.6%.
NALCO also achieved the highest-ever domestic metal sale of 289,000 tonnes, surpassing the previous highest of 271,000 tonnes in 2008-09, with an increase of 6.5%, it said.
The company recorded the highest-ever metal export of 147,000 tonnes, up 78.5%, against the previous year’s export of 8.231 million tonnes.
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