India’s Domestic Aluminium Demand to Outpace GDP: Nalco’s Chand
In an interview with domestic media, the Chairman and Managing Director of India’s National Aluminium Company (NALCO) predicted that the...
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Nalco Records 25% Jump in Net Profit in Closing Quarter of FY2016-2017
India’s state-owned metals firm National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) released financial numbers for the fourth quarter of FY2016-2017 on Saturday. Growth in production, an uptick in productivity, and stronger sales helped the firm turn a profit in the quarter that ended in...
Nalco Plans 150-mW Wind Power Facility in Odisha
India’s state-owned aluminium firm National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) announced a plan late last week to build a 150-mW wind...
Captive Coal Cache to Nudge Nalco’s Aluminium Business Into the Black: CMD Chand
India’s National Aluminium Company (Nalco) expects to return its aluminium business’ bottom line into the black in two years thanks...
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Despite Tough Aluminium Market, Nalco’s Financial and Production Numbers Up in the Last Quarter
India’s state-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) released results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year last week. The country’s top manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium turned in positive results in the face of a still-struggling global commodities market. Nalco’s net profit for the quarter ending in December was INR144 crore, better […]
Nalco Inks Power Deal with Plant to Fuel New Aluminium Smelting Capacity
India’s National Aluminium Company (Nalco) announced an agreement last week to purchase eighty percent of the power produced by the plant proposed to be built at Gajamara. The US$2.1 billion coal-fired plant is a joint venture between Nalco and National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and is expected to generate 2,400 Mw. “Nalco will be […]
Nalco Plans to Increase Capacity in Next Fiscal Year
India’s National Aluminium Company (Nalco) announced late last week that it is planning to boost production in the coming fiscal year. According to statements reported upon by the domestic media, Nalco’s Chairman and Managing Director Tapan Kumar Chand will boost Nalco’s overall production to over 7.3 million metric tons (73 lakh tons). Nalco’s current capacity […]
Indian Aluminium Firms Increase Push for Minimum Import Price
India’s aluminium producers have ramped up the call for a minimum import price (MIP) on the metal as the government’s budget for the next fiscal year continues to be hashed out. Indian producers have faced an increasing onslaught of cheap aluminium from overseas during the past several years, especially from the Mideast and the People’s […]
Nalco Considering Sale of Alumina to Vedanta
India’s National Aluminium Company (Nalco) may finally be given the green light to sell alumina to private-sector rival Vedanta plc, as the Indian government has requested the state-owned firm to look into sales of the aluminium precursor to the London-based miner. Both Nalco and Vedanta operate refineries and smelters in the eastern state of Odisha, […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
