Metso Outotec bags contract from NALCO to supply bauxite grinding package at Damanjodi alumina refinery

The global frontrunner in sustainable minerals processing technologies, end-to-end solutions, and services, Metso Outotec has secured a contract for the engineering and delivery of bauxite grinding package to National Aluminium Company’s (NALCO) Damanjodi Alumina Refinery as part of NALCO’s fifth stream expansion project in Odisha, India.

Generally, this type of order values around €12-15 million or $14.2-17.8 million, while the order has been booked in the company’s minerals division for the June quarter.

Metso Outotec’s delivery comprises the basic design of bauxite silos and engineering and supply of two ball mills with a capacity of 434 t/h each, apron feeders, agitators, slurry pumps, instrumentation, as well as site advisory services.

Kamal Pahuja, President of, Middle East, and India at Metso Outotec, said: “We are extremely happy to continue our co-operation with NALCO. This is the third order we have received for their current expansion project in Odisha. The other two orders include two energy-efficient flash evaporation plants and two alumina calciners along with a hydrate filtration plant.”