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
Nalco's net loss (after taxes) stood at Rs 33.96 crore in Q3 of FY20
Nalco despite being an integrated player was negatively impacted from fragile alumina prices
National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is a navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines
The company had moved away from long-term deals with major buyers and began risking its surplus in the international spot markets, selling over 95% of its exportable alumina here
Nalco loses heavily while there is no direct impact on Hindalco
This is a rare quarterly loss for Nalco, known for consistent profitability. It has regularly figured among the top-three forex-earning public sector companies
The sobering of global alumina prices and stablisation in supplies have made it very difficult for Nalco to sustain the high profit momentum of last fiscal
Firm says it fully depends upon Mahanadi Coalfields for coal supply to these two units
Though Nalco has charted a new business model to make it immune to vagaries of the metal business, the plans may to take 2-3 years to deliver outcomes
With the commercial production of alloy AA 1200, there will be substantial saving on the usage of copper
Demand for aluminum to remain strong, driven by automobiles, construction and power sectors, says Tapan Kumar Chand.
At the bourses, shares of Nalco have underperfomed market by falling 32 per cent year-to-date (YTD) while the benchmark Nifty50 index has remained flat, down 0.20 per cent.
The JV company has the mandate for acquisition, exploration & processing of strategic minerals abroad for commercial use and for supplying to meet the domestic requirement
Production loss, extra expenditure estimated at over Rs 2000 crore during 2012-13 to 2016-17
The striking takeaway from Nalco's physical parameters was aluminium production of 0.44 MT, the best in the last eight years
Facility to be set up in Odisha; company's entry into this space could temper imports, valued at $150 million in 2017
Attains best ever bauxite output, export earnings swell to Rs 4792 cr
Shares of the company were trading 4.25 per cent higher at Rs 52.75 apiece on BSE
These independent directors were appointed on the board for a period of three years in November 2015