Bhubaneswar, Nov. 13 -- National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a leading public sector aluminium producer, is fast-tracking its ambitious capacity expansion programme, aiming to double its existing aluminium smelting capacity from 0.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to around 1 MTPA by December 2030, Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) Brijendra Kumar Singh said on Friday.
The proposed 0.5 MTPA brownfield expansion of NALCO's aluminium smelter at Angul in Odisha is progressing as planned, with the company targeting its commissioning by the end of December 2030.
Addressing the media here, Singh said the company was currently preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPR), which is expected to be completed by January or February 2027. Fo...