National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has reported its highest-ever operational and financial performance for FY2025-26 as the state-run aluminium producer moves ahead with major expansion projects and a broader push into critical minerals and resource security. National Aluminium Company Ltd...
NALCO is advancing pilot projects in Odisha to turn industrial residues into valuable resources, including rare earth elements, alumina, iron and titanium, strengthening India's push for critical mineral recovery and a circular economy. National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is expanding its...
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Public sector aluminium firm National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has achieved the rare distinction of becoming the world's cheapest alumina producer. "Nalco is now the cheapest alumina producer in the world. We have cut alumina making cost by $30-40 per tonne", said Nalco's chairman and managing...
Aluminium maker national Aluminium Corporation (Nalco) is also scouting for locations in Indonesia to set up a five lakh tonnes per annum smelter as it eyes to rationalise cost of operations and cater to the expected rise in demand. The government had earlier hired consultants to scout for...
The Government of India vide Allotment Order dtd. May 02, 2016 have allotted Utkal-D & E Coal Mine in favour of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO). The Allotment Order was issued by the Office of Nominated Authority, Ministry of Coal on behalf of Govt, of India. All the rights, title and...
State-controlled National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has agreed to buy back 25 per cent of its shares from the government, Indian Mines Secretary Balvinder Kumar said after a meeting with the company on Monday to discuss pricing. The buyback, initiated by the finance ministry earlier this year, is...
Taking advantage of availability of cheap gas based power in the Gulf region, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) plans to go for toll-smelting arrangement soon with three Iranian companies to produce aluminium. Nalco CMD, T K Chand, who was in Iran recently as part of an Indian business delegation,...
Just as provisional safeguard duty was imposed on the import of steel last year, the Government of India is likely to recommend the same for aluminium import as well, reports . Indian aluminium giants like Hindalco, NALCO, BALCO and Vedanta have complained about the incessant dumping from China and...
The National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) targets to produce 68.25 lakh tonnes of bauxite and 21.50 lakh tonnes of alumina from its mines and refinery unit at Damanjodi in Koraput district during the current fiscal year. "In 2015-16, we broke all our records by producing 63.4 lakh tonnes of...
The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) has developed a unique product; very high strength ceramic balls or granules made from one of the waste components (partially lateritized khondalite or PLK) of bauxite ore and flyash. The centre is in the process of...
The state-owned aluminium maker Nalco is considering setting up a 5-lakh tonne per annum aluminium plant in Iran through a joint venture (JV). Nalco CMD T K Chand, who was part of the delegation led by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to the Islamic country, met a top Iranian official...
The 1,200 mega watt (MW) captive power plant of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) faces an imminent closure due to lack of facilities to evacuate the slurry. The two ash ponds of the company have been filled to maximum and are hardly in a position to contain more slurry. The company’s proposal to...
At a time when 70 per cent aluminium companies world over have reported loss and the aluminium industry is reeling under heavy pressure due to sluggish international market, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Govt of India PSU, has remained profitable all through by successfully handling...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) had been allotted Utkal-D & E coal blocks, near the company's Captive Power Plant in Angul district of Odisha. The allotment agreement for these blocks having a reserve of more than 200 million tonnes of coal was signed between the Centre and NALCO in New...
India's state-owned aluminium producer National Aluminium Co (Nalco) has zeroed in on three locations in the Arabian Gulf - Iran, Oman and Qatar - to set up a nearly US$2bn smelter unit. Iran is the frontrunner to host the new facility. Nalco has been on the look out for a location abroad to build...
In a bid to re-position itself as an investor friendly state, Odisha approved investment proposals worth INR 47,569.41 crore. The nod was given to 35 proposals spanning a cross section of industries including power, aluminium, food processing, healthcare, and logistics. The projects approved...
State-owned aluminium major National Aluminium Co Ltd is planning to invest over INR 37,000 crore over the next 5-7 years for expansion of existing facilities, setting up of new smelter unit overseas, development of mines and diversification in power. Reducing expenses According to Tapan Kumar...
Another government-owned aluminium producer in India has announced grand plans to increase investment in the renewable energy sector. Following a government push to increase investment in renewable energy and meet renewable energy procurement targets, the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)...
Aluminium Association of India (AAI) will approach the Ministry of Mines for the revival of Aluminum Development and Promotion Council, its newly elected President Tapan Kumar Chand has said. "We are in an important phase of growth for the sector. We will emphasize on development of downstream...
With the government proposing to hike the customs duty on primary aluminium products, Indian aluminium majors like Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco Industries, state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) and Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta are planning to raise product prices in coming months....
