Tag: ALUMINIUM

Nalco says facing a ‘coal crisis’ due to govt’s supply prioritization

| Trisha Thomas

Government of India’s NALCO, or National Aluminium Company, said its primary Aluminium smelter plant at Angul in Orissa is facing a ‘crisis’ due to the the shortage of coal to produce power. Smelting of alumina into aluminium is one of the most power-hungry processes in industrial production. To supply power to the unit, NALCO had […]

Vedanta’s aluminium production rate at 1mtpa

| Roshan Ravi

Vedanta Resources said its current aluminium production rate is 1 million tons per annum and that the company’s overall production guidance for the current financial year remains unchanged at 1.2 mtpa. It also said the commissioning of pots at the first line of the 1.25 mtpa Jharsuguda-II Aluminium smelter was completed by end of July […]