Nalco Eyeing Merchant Mining Of Overseas Bauxite, Diversification Into Cobalt And Lithium
India’s National Aluminium Company (Nalco) will soon be branching out into merchant mining as part of its broader diversification strategy,...
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Hindalco Calls On Protection From Imports As Low-Cost Aluminium Threatens To Flood Indian Producers
The call for protection against a flood of low-cost aluminium imports has again been raised to the Indian government, this time from the country’s top producer of the metal. Hindalco’s managing director Satish Pai told domestic media that the rising tide of...
Utkal Coal to Slash 25% from Nalco’s Aluminium Production Costs
Indian state-owned smelter National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) expects to beef up its bottom line in an already high-water year...
Anrak, Balco, and Hindalco Vie For Bauxite Auctioned by Odisha Mining Corporation
Interest in Odisha Mining Corporation’s (OMC) first-ever attempt at auctioning bauxite met with considerable interest from several of India’s major...
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Nalco Mulling Move Into Guinea’s Bauxite Trade
Reporting from domestic media indicates that India’s National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) is investigating the possibility of gaining a foothold in the significant bauxite ore assets in the West African country of Guinea. Chairman and managing director Tapan Kumar Chand told an Indian newspaper earlier this week that bauxite mining may not be the only […]
Nalco Sets Company Records in Bauxite, Alumina Production in FY2016-17
India’s state-run aluminium smelter National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) announced in a report last week that it turned out a record production of 6.825 million metric tons of bauxite in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, up from the prior year’s haul by 7.65 percent. According to the report, the record high was achieved thanks to peak […]
Italian Aluminium Industry Mulling Involvement in India’s Aluminium Park at Angul
During a visit last week to an Indian government seminar, a delegation representing major stakeholders in Italy’s aluminium industry revealed their country’s interest in participating in the planned aluminium downstream park in eastern India. The delegation, led by Italy’s Consul General, was composed of representatives from the Italian Aluminium Association (IAA) and several major aluminium […]
Nalco Seeks Nod to Open Bauxite Mines at Pottangi
In a bid to secure another stable stream of bauxite ore to feed its slate of new projects, India’s state-run smelter National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has appealed to the national government to allow it to open a mine at the Pottangi bauxite mining lease in Odisha. Domestic media reports that the application to allow the […]
Nalco to Increase Aluminium Smelting Capacity to 1.1 MTPA by 2024
Already in the midst of debuting several new projects, India’s state-run smelter National Aluminium Company (Nalco) announced its intentions to boost aluminium production capacity to 1.1 million metric tons per annum and alumina refining capacity to 3.27 million metric tons by 2024. Nalco made the announcement in its Corporate Plan, which seeks to improve the […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
