QUARTER-I PERFORMANCE OF NALCO
National Aluminium
Company Limited (NALCO), a public sector undertaking of the Ministry
of Mines produced 72,848 tonnes of Aluminium cast metal and 369,100
tonnes of calcined alumina during the first quarter of this fiscal
as against the target of 70,100 tonnes and 379,000 tonnes respectively.
It produced 1,038,624 tonnes of bauxite against a target of 965,000
tonnes during the quarter. It sold 64, 344 tonnes of aluminium
metal against a target of 70,300 tonnes during these 3 months.
The aluminium export during the quarter was 29,586 tonnes against
a target of 303,400 tonnes. It sold 208,912 tonnes of Alumina/Hydrate
during April-June,2003 against a target of 233,000 tonnes.
The captive power
plant of the company produced 1,235.4 million units (MU) of electricity
against a target of 1,231.5 MU and sold 118.81 MUs to GRIDCO.
NALCO posted a net profit of Rs. 520.90 crore during the year
2002-03 as compared to Rs. 409.35 crore for the year 2001.02.