Alumina exports by National Aluminium Company (Nalco) are set to halve over the next three to four years as the company looks at higher conversion to aluminium and value-added products.
Each year, Nalco exports around one million tonne of surplus alumina. Nalco's internal consumption of alumina is poised to go up as the navratna company is going for brownfield expansion of its aluminium smelter at Angul. Nalco is adding 0.6 million tonne capacity at Angul where its current rated capacity is 0.46 million tonne per annum (mtpa).
"If our new smelter comes up, it will consume 1.2 million tonne of alumina each