India 2018

Industry 373
National Aluminium Company Limited
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is a Navratna CPSE under
Ministry of Mines. It was established in 1981 in the public sector, with its
registered office at Bhubaneswar. The Company is a group 'A' CPSE having
integrated and diversified operations in mining, metal and power with sales
turnover of ` 7,933 crore in financial year 2016-17. NALCO is one of the largest
integrated Bauxite-Alumina-Aluminium- Power Complex in the country. The
Company has a 68.25 lakh TPA Bauxite Mine and 21.00 lakh TPA(normative
capacity) Alumina Refinery located at Damanjodi in Koraput dist. of Odisha,
and 4.60 lakh TPA Aluminium Smelter and 1200MW Captive Power Plant
located at Angul, Odisha. NALCO has bulk shipment facilities at Vizag port for
export of Alumina/Aluminium and import of caustic soda and also utilises the
facilities at Kolkata and Paradeep ports. The company has registered sales offices
in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore and 11(eleven) stockyards
at various locations in the country to facilitate domestic marketing. NALCO is
the first Public Sector Company in the country to venture into international
market in a big way with London Metal Exchange (LME) registration since
1989. The Company is listed at Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) since 1992 and
National Stock Exchange (NSE) since 1999. Besides, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS
18000 and SA 8000 certification; the Company has also adopted ISO 50001
standards for energy management system.
Hindustan Copper Limited
Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), a Mini Ratna Government of India Enterprise
under the administrative control of the Ministry of Mines, was incorporated in
1967 under the Companies Act,1956. It was established as a Govt. of India
enterprise to take over all plants, projects, schemes and studies pertaining to
the exploration and exploitation of copper deposits, including smelting and
refining from National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. It has the
distinction of being the nation's only vertically integrated copper producing
company as it manufactures copper right from the stage of mining to
beneficiation, smelting, refining and casting of refined copper metal into
downstream saleable products.
Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited
Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) a Miniratna Company is a
premier mineral exploration Public Sector Undertaking of the country with ISO
9001-2008 certification. Since its inception in 1972, it has completed over 1371
projects of detailed mineral exploration and mine development and has added
160 billion tonnes of mineral resources to the National Mineral Inventory. It is
the leading organisation both in government and in private sector, possessing
entire spectrum of mineral exploration facilities under one roof. Since its
inception in 1972, MECL has grown from strength to strength by adopting
modern techniques of exploration and it has now emerged as the premier
exploration agency in the country.