The National Aluminium Company (Nalco) would set up a new 1-million-tonne-per-annum aluminium refinery plant at Damanjodi in Koraput.
Union Mines Secretary Arvind Kumar told this to reporters after meeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat on Monday. He discussed various issues related to the Nalco’s expansion projects on the occasion. Kumar thanked the Chief Minister for the State Government’s decision to provide Patangi bauxite mine for the Damanjodi project expansion, which would undertaken at a cost of `5,600. Kumar said the Navaratna company would spend `2,000 crore for development of the Utkal Block and set up a 50,000-MT aluminium park in Odisha.
Among others, Chief Secretary GC Pati and Principal Additional Chief Secretary to CM Aditya Padhi were present.