NALCO SETS NEW RECORDS IN PRODUCTION AND SALES ACHIEVES HIGHEST-EVER ALUMINIUM & BAUXITE PRODUCTION IN FY 23-24

Bhubaneswar, 01.04.2024: National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), the flagship
Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, and country’s leading
manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium has created new records in
production and sales for the year 2023-24.
The company has achieved the highest-ever Cast Metal production of 4,63,428
Metric Tonnes, highest-ever Bauxite Excavation of 76,00,230 Metric Tonnes and
Highest-ever Metal Sale of 4,70,108 Metric Tonnes, surpassing all previous records
since inception. In FY 23-24, the company has also added a new Aluminium Alloy
Ingot (AL-59) to its product range.
Achieving 101.15 % capacity utilization, NALCO’s Alumina Refinery has
produced 21,24,000 Metric Tonnes of Alumina Hydrate, while the Captive Power Plant
has generated a gross 7193.62 million units of power. Worth mentioning that in FY 23-
24, NALCO has developed & operationalized its Utkal D coal block and has also
produced 2 million tonnes of Coal, which is the peak rated capacity of the mine
Shri Sridhar Patra, CMD, NALCO, said that the company has always striven to
do better than the previous set benchmarks. Expressing his gratitude for significant
achievements, he congratulated the NALCO collective and the stakeholders.
Acknowledging the dedication and hard work of the employees and cooperation
received from various stakeholders, he said that many major milestones have been
achieved by way of backward integration and securitization of raw materials and energy
in the past four years.