Nalco gets Pottangi bauxite reserve in Odisha

Bhubaneswar Aluminium major Nalco has secured Pottangi bauxite mines in Koraput district of Odisha, an official here said on Wednesday.
 
The Pottangi mines with about 70 million tonnes of bauxite reserve would feed Nalco's proposed refinery project of one million-tonne-capacity at Damanjodi. The company's 22,75,000-tonne alumina refinery is located at Damanjodi.
 
"As per a recent order issued by Department of Steel and Mines, Odisha government, Nalco has been granted the mining lease of Pottangi with an area covering 1,738 hectares for 50 years," said a Nalco statement.

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