Record production, sale by Nalco

National Aluminium Company Ltd. （NALCO）, India's leading manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium has achieved yet another milestone in production and sale of metal in the first half （ie April to September） of current fiscal. Nalco has achieved a record production of 221,963 MT of metal compared to 207,794 MT in corresponding period of previous fiscal, registering a growth of 6.8%. Similarly the Company has also achieved a higher metal sale of 217,136 MT during first half of current fiscal, registering an increase of 9.2% against 198,803 MT sale of metal in corresponding period last year.

The Navratna PSU has also achieved higher figures in terms of bauxite production in the first six months of 2010-11. Nalco's bauxite production in the last two quarters taken together was 21.39 lakh MT, registering an increase of 4.7%, against 20.43 lakh MT during the corresponding period last year. The alumina production of the Company at 7.42 lakh MT was comparatively lesser by 38,000 MT compared to the same period of previous year, mainly due to the commissioning activities of 2nd phase expansion of the refinery, which led to the shutting-down of the plant for about 4 days for hooking up the existing streams with the new stream.