India NALCO says 2009/10 aluminium output up a fifth

BHUBANESWAR, India, April 3 (Reuters) - India's National Aluminium Co Ltd's (NALCO)  aluminium production rose nearly a fifth in the year to March 31, the state-run firm said on Saturday.

NALCO produced 431,000 tonnes of the metal in 2009/10, up from 361,000 tonnes a year ago, it said in a statement.

NALCO is India's third-largest producer of aluminium. In 2009/10, it exported over a third of its production.

(Reporting by Jatindra Das; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)