Covid-19: Nalco's Angul smelter runs smoothly with 3 months' stock of coal

After intermittent disruption in coal despatches due to sporadic stirs at mines under the command area of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, supply position improved substantially post monsoons

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has overcome supply disruptions with adequate coal stocks piled up at the site of its smelting complex at Angul, some 160 km from here.

The 0.46 million tonne capacity aluminium smelter of the state-owned producer is carrying on uninterrupted operations, thanks to the coal inventory which is enough to last for three months. After phases of intermittent disruption in coal despatches due to sporadic stirs at mines under the command area of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a Coal India Ltd (CIL) subsidiary, coal supply position improved substantially post monsoons. Coal is a critical input in aluminium