National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has resumed full-fledged operations at its Panchpatmali mines, about 16 km from its alumina refinery plant at Damanjodi in Orissa’s Koraput district.
In the aftermath of the Naxalite attack at the mines on April 12, the mine workers were reluctant to carry out mining operations after sunset. As a result, Nalco’s bauxite output had dropped from 14,000 tonnes per day to 9,000 tonnes per day.
The company’s management has successfully restored normalcy at the mines after talks with the trade unions.
With the restarting of the B-shift operations at the Panchpatmali mines, Nalco is set to regain its normal production level of bauxite. The company hopes to recover production losses by the end of this month.