Nalco beats coal supply woes amid Covid-19, logs 90% capacity utilisation

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has achieved more than 90 per cent capacity utilization at its smelting unit at Angul (Odisha), battling headwinds like coal supply woes during last monsoons and disruptions induced by the recent outbreak of Covid-19 global pandemic.

The company said it recorded cast metal production of 0.41 million tonnes (mt) at the smelter unit whose nameplate capacity stands at 0.46 mt per annum. Even though Covid-19 crisis looms, all of Nalco’s units have been operational with pruned manpower.

Nalco’s captive Panchpatmalli bauxite mines recorded more than 100 per cent capacity utilization with a production of 7.3 million tonnes.