Global projects in limbo, Nalco slips up on its home turf too

Posted by twaluminum on July 27th, 2015

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Geo-political factors seem to be holding up state-run navratna giant National Aluminium Company Limited's (Nalco) project in Iran while a lack of the requisite infrastructural facilities is hurting its cause in Indonesia. A senior mines ministry official told The Indian Express that in its quest for setting up a smelter and a gas-based power plant in Iran's Kerman province at an estimated expenditure of Rs 9,100 crore “Nalco could not achieve financial closure due to geo-political conditions.” The PSUs' plan to set up another plant and smelter in Indonesia's Southern Sumatra province at a cost of Rs 16,500 crore has also failed to make much headway due to the non-availability of infrastructure and it has now decided to shift it to Kalimanthan (within Indonesia). Seeking greener pastures, Nalco is also exploring business possibilities in South Africa.

Domestically too the PSU has not been able to fare well ostensibly due to the global economic downturn. The Committee on Public Undertakings has recently found Nalco to be way behind the Anil Aggarwal-promoted Vedanta and Aditya Birla Group's flagship company Hindalco in terms of production, exports and total sales. Conceding that the state-run giant has receded from the second to the third position, a top mines ministry official said, The drop in London Metal Exchange prices has adversely affected alumina and aluminium manufacturers.

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