National Aluminium Company Limited

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) was incorporated on 7th January 1981 as a wholly owned Government Company to exploit a part of the large deposits of bauxite discovered in the East Coast. Aluminium Pechiney of France, a world leader in the field, provided the technology and basic engineering for bauxite mining, alumina refinery and smelter. The systems support for the complex includes a coal mine and handling plant set up by the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. NALCO has adopted modern technologies in all production units leading to optimal consumption of energy. NALCO, Asia's largest integrated aluminium complex, consists of 2,400,000 tpa Bauxite Mines at Panchpatmali in Koraput district of Orissa, 800,000 tpa Aluminium Refinery at Damanjodi in Koraput district of Orissa, 230,000 tpa Aluminium Smelter at Angul in Orissa, 720 MW Thermal Power Plant at Angul in Orissa, Port facilities at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to handle import of caustic soda and export of alumina in bulk.

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