NALCO bags award as largest exporter
National Aluminium Company has been awarded a gold trophy by Engineering Export Promotion Council as the top exporter in large enterprise category.
NALCO has also been lauded for its contribution to engineering export in 2005-2006.
P K Parida, Executive Director,Marketing of NALCO received the award from German Consul General in Kolkata, Guenter Wehrman, in a function held in Kolkata on Thursday.
According to NALCO authorities, it has played a key role in the export of alumina and aluminium from India.
The company's products are exported to more than 30 countries. In 2005-06, the company exported 8,62 lakh tonnes of alumina and 95,747 tonnes of aluminium, earning foreign exchange of Rs 2,307 crore. It stood at Rs 2,586 crore last year.
NALCO is the first Indian company to register with London Metal Exchange, having its own mines, alumina refinery, aluminium smelter and power plant.
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