
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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Beating the slump in world aluminium market, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is eyeing 10% growth in bauxite production by the close of this financial year. “By the end of 2015-16, the (bauxite) production is likely to be at the level of 6.3 million tonne (mt), a growth of 10%. Similarly, in...

The Government of India is planning to opt for the buyback route, instead of an offer for sale (OFS), for divesting its stake in Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) and National Aluminium Company (Nalco) so that it can get higher prices from the stake sale. The government expects to garner around INR...

Aluminium consumption in the country is slowly picking up in the backdrop of an increase in GDP to 7.3 to 7.5 % this fiscal. Growth in electrical & electronics sectors, construction, transport & automobiles are likely to trigger higher consumption, tough rising imports are a major concern for the...

India’s National Aluminium Co. (NALCO) seems to be declaring it will, indeed join them. The state-owned aluminium producer is sending a team to Iran, Qatar and Oman to explore opportunities for setting up a gas-fired thermal power plant and associated aluminium smelter next month according a report...

State-owned aluminium maker Nalco will send a team of officials to Iran, Qatar and Oman as early as next month to explore opportunities for setting up a gas-based thermal power plant and an aluminium smelter. Previously, the over $2-billion project was slated to come up at one of the specially...

National Aluminium Company NALCO will soon send an official team to Iran to explore setting up a smelter complex worth about $2 billion, its boss said, as world powers lift sanctions on Iran that had made negotiations difficult. NALCO Chairman Tapan Kumar Chand told Reuters on Monday that the...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today requested Union Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to grant OMC (Odisha Mining Corporation) the lease and prospecting license of Karlapat bauxite mine. OMC has already applied for the lease of 1848 hectares of explored area and prospecting license for...

Commending Indian aluminium major Nalco for its impressive performance despite economic slowdown and sluggish market, Union Steel and Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today said the Navaratna PSU will soon get the Pottangi Bauxite reserve. "Nalco has already got Utkal D and E coal blocks and the...

An agreement has been signed between NALCO, a Government of India enterprise and Chalieco of China, for R&D cooperation in the fields of mutual interest. Projects to be taken up by these two companies include separation of iron concentrate from Red Mud and Extraction of Gallium from Bayer Liquor,...

Ministry of Finance (India) is likely to relent to the demand of aluminium manufacturers to raise import duty to thwart cheap imports. The North Block is likely to increase the import duty on aluminium to 7.5-10 per cent from 5 per cent in the next budget. Officials said they had been concentrating...

Pottangi mines located in Odhisa has been allocated to state-run aluminium producer Nalco for manufacturing one MTPA alumina refinery by 2020. This was informed by Vishnu Deo Sai, Minister of State for Steel and Mines. The alumina refinery (stream-5) will come up at Damanjodi, Koraput district in...

The state-owned aluminium maker national aluminium Company (Nalco) on Friday, last week, named five independent directors on its board. "Part-time non-official (independent) directors have been appointed on the board of the company with effect from November 21, 2015, vide order dated November 17,...

Aluminium major National Aluminium Corporation (Nalco) on Tuesday launched a joint venture with Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) to set up a caustic soda plant at an investment of Rs 1,800 crore, an official source said. The two firms will come together to set up a caustic soda plant...

The Mines Ministry of India has asked the Finance Ministry to hike import duty on aluminium to 7.5 per cent to protect domestic industry from cheaper metal imports from countries like China. The import duty on aluminium at present is 5 per cent. "The Mines Ministry has written to the Finance...

National Aluminium Company (Nalco), the country's largest state run aluminium producer is drawing up a focussed policy to step up its share of procurement from local businesses in its home state of Odisha. "We are already procuring goods and services worth INR 400 crore from MSMEs every year. Now,...

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is currently trading at INR 40.60, up by 0.80 points or 2.01% from its previous closing of INR 39.80 on the BSE. The scrip opened at INR 39.80 and has touched a high and low of INR 40.70 and INR 39.50 respectively. So far 171445 shares were traded on the counter....

The State Government on Friday, last week, approved five projects with an investment proposal of `635 crore in various sectors to create more employment opportunities at a time when the number of unemployed has crossed 10 lakh in Odisha. The five projects were accorded in-principle approval at the...

The Alumina Refinery of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has bagged the prestigious Business Excellence Star Recognition Award. Institute of Quality, CII has adjudged NALCO as the “Leader in Process Industries, for Excellence in Operations Management”. Appreciating the concerted efforts...