LOK SABHA
The production
of aluminium by the primary producers in the country during
2001-02 was 6.34 lakh tonnes against 6.41 lakh tonnes in 2000-01
and 6.18 lakh tonnes during 1999-00. There are seven aluminium
smelters in the country with an anunual capacity of 7.47 lakh
tonnes. Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) has a smelter
at Korba, Chhatisgarh with a capacity of 1 lakh tonnes, National
Aluminium Company (NALCO) at Angul, Orissa with 2.3 lakh tonnes,
Hindalco Industries Limited at Renukut, Uttar Pradesh with a
capacity 2.75 lakh tonnes and Madras Aluminium Company Limited
(MALCO) at Mettur, Tamil Nadu with 25, 000 tonnes. Indian Aluminium
Company Limited (INDAL)has a capacity of 1.17 lakh tonnes and
its three smelters are situated at Hirakud(Orissa), Alupuram
(Kerala) and Belgaon (Karnataka).
This information
was given by the Minister for Mines, Shri Ramesh Bais in a written
reply in the Lok Sabha today.
