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Nalco expansion project faces 9-month delay
Aluminium producer Nalco's Rs 4,402-crore expansion project will be delayed by 9 months.The naxalite attack at its Orissa site early this year has brought the ongoing construction work to a standstill.
Aluminium producer Nalco's Rs 4,402-crore expansion project will be delayed by 9 months.The naxalite attack at its Orissa site early this year has brought the ongoing construction work to a standstill.
"The construction at the alumina refinery came to a stand still after the Naxalite attack in April at Damanjodi. Now, the contractors have resumed work. The comissioning of the alumina refinery will be delayed by about 9 months," Nalco Director, Finance, BL Bagra told PTI.
As part of its Rs 4,402-crore second-phase expansion project, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is in the process of augmenting the annual production capacity of its alumina refinery from 1.57 million tonnes to 2.1 million tonnes.
It had planned to start commercial production of the expanded refinery from June 2010, but now it will be done in March 2011.
The work is on full swing to expand the annual production capacity of the bauxite mines, aluminium smelter, and captive power plants, he said.
Nalco, in the second phase of its expansion programme, plans to take the annual production of its bauxite mines to 63 lakh tonnes from the present 48 lakh tonnes and the output of its aluminium smelter to 4.60 lakh tonnes from present 3.45 lakh tonnes, by next year.
It has a present installed capacity of 960 MW, which will be expanded to 1200 MW in the next fiscal year.
