The Aluminium Association of India (AAI), a member of Aluminium International and the apex body representing all primary and secondary producers of aluminium in India, organized a national seminar on Monday on the theme ‘Aluminium in Power Transmission and Distribution’ here.
In his inaugural address, Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand said, “Per capita aluminium consumption in India is only 2.2kg against world average of 7 kg and 20 kg in China. There is huge potential for increasing the consumption of aluminium from existing level of 3.2 million tonnes per annum to 8 million tonnes per annum in next 2 to 3 years. Smart cities, bullet trains, power to every household, energy efficient automobile, aluminium wagons and many more are the areas for expansion of consumption of aluminium in India.’’
Electric sector is having only 16 per cent CRG, which provides tremendous opportunity for use of aluminium cables and in transmission and distribution network. This will result in quantum jump in use of aluminium and provide power to all, he added. Other speakers were Dr Anupam Agnihotri, Director, JNARDDC, Anish Anand, GM(Tl-Engg) PGCIl, NC Swain, CGM(Elect) OPTCl, Dr BK Satpathy, former ED(BD&R&D) Nalco, Dr Saroj Kumar Nayak, Prof IIT, Bhubaneswar, AK Saha, COO, Minex Metallurgical Co ltd, among others.