Mining Magazine May 2017 | Page 24

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NATIONAL ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD

Established in 1981 , NALCO is a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines , Govt of India . The company has a 68.25 lakh TPA Bauxite Mine & 22.75 lakh TPA Alumina Refinery located at Damanjodi in Koraput dist . of Odisha , and 4.60 lakh TPA Aluminium Smelter & 1200 MW Captive Power Plant located at Angul , Odisha . But it ’ s not only metals , NALCO also has two wind power plants - A 50.4 MW wind power plant at Gandikota , Andhra Pradesh and another of 47.6 MW wind power plant at Jaisalmer , Rajasthan . Nalco has a fully mechanised opencast bauxite mine in Damanjodi . The present capacity of mines at Damanjodi , is 68.25 lakh TPA , which works out around 6825,000 tonnes per annum .

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RAJASTHAN STATE MINES AND MINERALS LIMITED

One of the premier public sector enterprises of the government of Rajasthan , with a primary focus in mining and marketing of industrial minerals . The company has a number of mining operations focusing on phosphate , lignite , limestone and gypsum . The major activity of RSMML is the mining of rockphosphate ore , with one of the largest mines in the country at Jhamarkotra . Jhamarkortra is a major player in contributing 98 percent of rock phosphate production in India . The company also owns and operates a number of Lignite deposits , with the Giral mine producing around 12 , 00,000 MT per year .

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