Nalco set to join one million tonne aluminium club in 3 yrs

Lines up Rs 20,000 cr investment for expansion of metal, alumina and power capacities

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is all set to join the club of one million tonne aluminium producers by 2020. The company has lined up over Rs 20,000 investment to ramp up its aluminium, alumina and power capacities.

Among the major aluminium producers in the country, Hindalco and Vedanta have metal capacities of over one million tonne.

Nalco's aluminium smelter at Angul can now produce optimum of 0.46 million tonne per annum. The company plans to put up a new pot line to its existing facilities which will boost the aluminium making capacity to over one million tonne.

"A fifth pot line with capacity