Tapan Kumar Chand

Nalco Mulling Second Caustic Soda Plant in Gambit to Drop Aluminium Production Costs

Nalco Mulling Second Caustic Soda Plant in Gambit to Drop Aluminium Production Costs

India’s state-owned metals firm National Aluminium Company Limited is weighing the merits of opening a second caustic soda plant in an effort at reining in ever-increasing overhead costs. Nalco’s Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand revealed the same to domestic...

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Nalco to Capitalize Upon Expected Stronger Market This Fiscal Year: CMD Chand

Nalco to Capitalize Upon Expected Stronger Market This Fiscal Year: CMD Chand

In a wide-ranging interview with India’s ET Now, National Aluminium Company’s (Nalco) Chairman and Managing Director Tapan Kumar Chand predicted stronger performances this fiscal year by both his firm and the global aluminium market at large. Chand said that, despite continuing overproduction by smelters in the People’s Republic of China, aluminium prices are well on […]

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India’s Aluminium Firms Register Protest Against Odisha’s Massive Hike in Power Duty

India’s Aluminium Firms Register Protest Against Odisha’s Massive Hike in Power Duty

Indian aluminium giants National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), Vedanta Resources plc, and Hindalco Industries Ltd. have joined in a petition to the state government of Odisha seeking revocation of a recent gargantuan hike in the state’s power duty that they say has had a tremendous negative impact upon production costs. Odisha’s power duties have risen […]

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Nalco Nixes Overseas Expansion Projects to Focus on Increasing Domestic Capacity

Nalco Nixes Overseas Expansion Projects to Focus on Increasing Domestic Capacity

India’s state-owned smelter National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) announced yesterday that all overseas projects have been put on hold so that the company could concentrate upon increasing its domestic capacity. Among the projects put on hiatus is Nalco’s investigation of building a smelting operation in Iran. “Iran’s proposal is attractive as long as gas prices […]

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India’s Domestic Aluminium Demand to Outpace GDP: Nalco’s Chand

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 company’s gains in the coming months and years are likely to come from the infrastructure, power transmission, and construction sectors. Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand told the India Times that Nalco is preparing to boost output […]

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Nalco Plans 150-mW Wind Power Facility in Odisha

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 power farm in Odisha. The plant, which could cost in the neighborhood of US$140 million, is intended to support Nalco’s one-million-metric-ton capacity expansion at facilities in the eastern state. “While the Nation is transforming into […]

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