NALCO records success in bauxite,alumina production

Bhubaneswar, Apr 1 () National Aluminium Company Limited(NALCO) on Wednesday said it has recorded an all-round successin bauxite and alumina productions, while its aluminiumsmelter achieved more than 90 per cent capacity utilisation in2019-20.

With more than 100 per cent capacity utilization, NALCOsPanchpatmali Mines has achieved bauxite production of 73.02lakh MT, which is highest ever since companys inception, theNavaratna PSU said in a statement.

Bauxite transportation has gone up to 73.02 lakh MT,which is also highest ever so far, while companys AluminaRefinery has produced highest-ever 21.61 lakh MT of AluminaHydrate and set a new record. Steam & Power Plant (SPP) ofAlumina Refinery has also achieved highest ever net powergeneration.

The Aluminium Smelter of NALCO has achieved more than 90per cent capacity utilization with cast metal production of4.18 lakh MT in spite of acute coal crisis in the monsoonseason and also the recent Coronavirus pandemic.

Also noteworthy that the DC energy consumption atcompanys smelter plant was at the lowest in 2019-20, it said.

Attributing, record performance to the teamwork anddedication of employees, Sridhar Patra, CMD, NALCO said "inthe on-going sluggish metal market, we would be able to tideover the downturn by continuing to keep our focus on bauxitemining and alumina refining arm, coupled with several costreduction measures".

Its worth mentioning that despite COVID-19 crisis,NALCOs all units are operational with reduced manpower andcontributing to the national economy.

The company is implementing adequate social distancingand sanitization measures in its plants and residential areasto safeguard its employees and workers against corona virusexposure, it added. SKNSNS SNS