India's National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) (NALU.BO: Quote) expects production of bauxite to rise to 6.3 million tonnes from its mines and refineries in the eastern state of Orissa during 2011/12, the company said in a statement.
It expects production of 2.1 million tonnes of alumina in the year that starts in April from its Damanjodi refinery. Metal production from the company's smelter at Angul, in Orissa, has been projected at 0.46 million tonnes.
NALCO, which is India's third-largest producer of aluminium, will fall about 100,000 tonnes short of its production target of 1.68 million tonnes of alumina in the 2010/11 fiscal year, its finance director had said last month. (Reuters)