23rd July, 2003
Ministry of Mines  


NALCO'S INSTALLED CAPACITY AND PRODUCTION


RAJYA SABHA

In a written reply to a question of Shri Ramachandra Khuntia, MP the Minister for Mines Shri Ramesh Bais today gave the following production, installed capacity and profit details of the National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), Orissa in the Rajya Sabha. He also mentioned the capacity achieved by the company after expansion:-

Plants

Installed Capacity

Capacity after expansion

Alumina

Refinery

8,00,000 Tonnes Per Year (TPY)

w.e.f. Sept. 1986

15,75,000 TPY

w.e.f. December 2001

Aluminium Smelter

2,18,000 TPY

w.e.f. March 1987

2,87,500 TPY

w.e.f. March 2003

Captive Power Plant

600 MW

w.e.f. Sept. 1986

840 MW

w.e.f. January 2003

The range of Production of NALCO's Refinery Smelter and Captive Power Plant and its Profit:-

Year

Alumina Refinery (Tonnes)

Aluminium Smelter (Tonnes

Captive Power Plant (Tonnes)

Profit After Tax (Rs. in crores)

1994-95

7,70,000

1,78,072

3,979

156.72

1995-96

8,07,130

1,92,288

4,147

300.17

1996-97

8,40,062

2,03,823

4,187

535.26

1997-98

8,83,300

2,00,162

3,902

546.97

1998-99

8,94,500

1,46,206

3,588

248.25

1999-2000

8,86,000

2,12,663

3,985

511.53

2000-01

9,39,000

2,30,516

3,833

655.83

2001-02

11,13,000

2,31,674

3,970

409.35

2002-03

14,80,600

2,44,708

4,291

520.92