Defying a slowdown in the global aluminium industry, the National Aluminium Company limited (Nalco) has registered a net profit of Rs226.14 crore for the second quarter of the financial year 2015-16.
This achievement is against Rs163.44 crore in the preceding quarter and Rs341.52 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous fiscal.
According to a company release, the net sales turnover in the second quarter was Rs1,780.40 crore.
The net profit and net sales turnover for the half year ended September 2015 worked out at Rs389.58 crore and Rscrore, respectively, against the corresponding figures of Rs612.51 crore and Rs3,606.63 crore during the first six months of the previous fiscal.
On the production front, during the first half of the current fiscal, the Nalco achieved a production of 28.39 lakh tonnes of bauxite, 9.21 lakh tonnes of alumina hydrate while metal production was at 1.80 lakh tonnes.
The net power generated during the period was 2,843 million units. Besides, the company generated 114 million units of wind power in this period.