Aluminium Companies

Nalco plans to start Pottangi bauxite mines in Odisha by mid-2026

State-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is aiming to start its Pottangi bauxite mines in Odisha by June next year as the company plans to ramp up its mining capacity supporting its goal of expanding its integrated aluminium business. Dilip Buildcon Ltd had emerged as L-1 bidder for the development and operation of Pottangi bauxite mines. "...our target is June next year we will be starting the mines," NALCO CMD Brijendra Pratap Singh said. The company is set to enhance its alumina production capacity at its Damanjodi refinery in Koraput district, Odisha. Nalco operates a 2.275 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) alumina refinery at the site and is undertaking the installation of a 5th stream that will add an additional 1 MTPA capacity. To support this expansion, the Odisha government has granted Nalco a mining lease for the Pottangi Bauxite Deposit in Koraput district. The lease covers an area of 697.979 hectares and is valid for 50 years, ensuring steady raw material suppl

Vedanta-Balco smelter hits new milestone in aluminium production

The Chhattisgarh government approved the project in August and earmarked a huge land in the district

New UN sanctions won't hurt our aluminium supply, says Russian firm Rusal

The action is aimed at disrupting Russian export revenue in response to what Moscow calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. Russia is a major producer of aluminium, copper and nickel

Aluminium makers race to cut costs through green power, captive mining

Ramp up in captive coal production could also help National Aluminium Company, known to be one of the lowest-cost producers of alumina, to register further reduction in costs

Margins of aluminium companies likely to contract 400-500 bps in Q2: ICRA

Operating margins of the domestic primary aluminium companies are likely to shrink by 400-500 bps sequentially in the second quarter of 2022-23 due to factors like high input costs, rating agency Icra said on Thursday. "Owing to a twin onslaught of correction in aluminium prices and elevated input costs, the estimated operating profitability of ICRA's sample set of domestic players is likely to contract sequentially by almost 400-500 bps in Q2 FY2023 compared to Q1 FY2023," Icra said in a statement. International prices of aluminium have corrected by around 38 per cent from the record high of around 3900/tonne US dollar in March. While in the first quarter of FY23 the average LME aluminium spot prices remained at USD 2,870 per tonne, the same have corrected in the second quarter of FY'23 (YTD) to around USD 2,425 per tonne. Further, the cost of power for domestic aluminium producers continued to remain high, due to lesser supply of coal linkage to non-power sectors and high price o

Demand, margin worries weigh on aluminium producers as crises continue

Metal's price has declined by a third in two months on LME; analysts differ on how supply-demand situation may pan out

Aluminium business of Vedanta to bring two mines into operation

Vedanta's aluminium business, which has not been impacted majorly by COVID-19, would focus on backward integration in the next fiscal and would bring into production two of its mines in Odisha to provide raw material security for its plants, a top official of the company said.

Hindalco's subsidiary Novelis to build aluminium recycling plant in US

Once the facility become fully functional, it is likely to generate 140 new jobs in Kentucky.

Decade-high Aluminium price can spark up to 25% rally in these metal stocks

The stock of Hindalco is attempting to close decisively above the resistance of Rs 475 with strong volume

Nalco posts net profit at Rs 240 crore; revenue up 14% to Rs 2,378 crore

Revenue grew by 14 per cent to Rs 2,378.79 crore against Rs 2,088.35 crore in the same period

Nalco Q1 profit drops 82.9% to Rs 17 cr, income down at Rs 1,413.9 cr

The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 97.87 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, the state-owned firm said in a BSE filing

Domestic aluminium cos pitch hard on three levels to counter cheap imports

Producers mistaking scrap imports as primary aluminium imports, says ASMA

Depressed alumina prices have mixed impact on domestic firms, Vedanta gains

Nalco loses heavily while there is no direct impact on Hindalco

Indian aluminium companies seek exemption from Donald Trump's 10% levy

The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has written to the Union ministry of commerce & industry in this respect