March 11, 2002

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NALCO PRODUCES 18,074 MT ALUMINIUM DURING FEBRUARY 2002

    National Aluminium Company Limited produced 348, 298 MT of bauxite against the target of 310,000 MT during February 2002. During the month NALCO produced 18,074 MT of aluminium cast metal whereas the target for the month was 17,900 MT. Net generation from CPP during the month was 341.27 MU against the target 314.30 MU. The cumulative production of aluminium upto February 2002 was 212,457 MT whereas the target was 210,500 MT.

    Total metal sale including transfer to project during the month was 18,443 MT against the target of 17,650 MT. Aluminium export during the period was 12,256 MT against the target of 9,200 MT. However, the alumina export fell short of the target and the export was 52,475 MT against the target of 85,000 MT.

    The gross sales turn over during the month was worth 182.62 crore of Rupees and the cumulative gross sales turn over upto February 2002 was worth Rs. 2095.77 crore.