National Aluminium Company

National Aluminium Company Limited
Company typePublic
NSENATIONALUM
BSE532234
IndustryMining
Power
Founded7 January 1981
Headquarters,
India
Key people
Brijendra Pratap Singh
(Chairman & MD)
ProductsBauxite
Aluminium
Alumina Hydrate
Revenue 14,170 crore (US$1.7 billion) (FY22) [1]
3,677.12 crore (US$430 million) (FY22)[1]
5,267.94 crore (US$620 million) (FY25)[2]
Total assets 14,549.62 crore (US$1.7 billion) (2020)[1]
Total equity 9,988.07 crore (US$1.2 billion) (2020)[1]
OwnerGovernment of India (51.28%)[3]
Number of employees
6,496 (April 2019)[4]
Websitenalcoindia.com

National Aluminium Company Limited (abbreviated as NALCO; incorporated in 1981) is an Indian public sector company having integrated and diversified operations in mining, metal and power. Presently, the Government of India holds a 51.28% equity stake in NALCO,[5] while the Ministry of Mines has administrative control over the company.

It is one of the largest integrated bauxite–alumina–aluminium–power complex in the country, encompassing bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting and casting, power generation, rail and port operations.

Operations

NALCO is headquartered at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

NALCO operates from two major Units

  • Mining and Refinery (M&R) complex
  • Smelter and Power (S&P) complex
  • Port Facilities at Visakhapatnam and Paradip.
  • Wind Power Plants
    • Gandikota, Andhra Pradesh – 50.4 MW (2.1MW, 24 nos. WEGs)
    • Ludarwa, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan – 47.6 MW (0.85 MW, 56 nos. WEGs)
    • Devikot, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan – 50 MW (2 MW, 25 nos. WEG)
    • Sangli, Maharashtra – 50.4 MW (2.1MW, 24 nos. WEGs)
  • Solar Power at Nalco Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar & NALCO Research & Technology Center, Bhubaneswar
  • Regional offices at Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai & Bangalore
  • 10 operating stockyards at various locations in the Country

Products

Main products of NALCO are as follows:

Aluminium Metal

  • Ingots
  • Alloy Ingots
  • T-Ingots
  • Sows
  • Billets
  • Wire Rods
  • Cast strips

Alumina & Hydrate

  • Calcined Alumina
  • Alumina Hydrate

Rolled Product

  • Aluminium Rolled Products
  • Aluminium Chequered Sheets

Power

  • Thermal Power
  • Co-generation Power
  • Wind Power
  • Solar Power

Employees

As of June 2019, there were 6496 employees on the company's roll.

Joint Venturess

  • Utkarsha Aluminium Dhatu Nigam Limited is a joint venture of NALCO and MIDHANI.
  • GACL-NALCO Alkalies & Chemicals Private Limited

Right to Information Act

Since NALCO is a public authority, it comes under the Right to Information Act. Thus, NALCO is required to provide information to various RTI queries asked by general public.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Balance Sheet 31.03.2020".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference National Aluminium Company Financial 2025 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Latest Shareholding Pattern – National Aluminium Company Ltd" (PDF). nalcoindia.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "38th Annual Report 2018-19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Latest Shareholding Pattern – National Aluminium Company Ltd". trendlyne.com. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. ^ "No information on corruption in Nalco: RTI reply". 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Information Philosophy in NALCO". Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2013.