(a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up additional number of Alumina and
Aluminium plants in the country including Orissa;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State and Union Territory-wise;
(c) the details of the proposals cleared till date, State and Union Territory-wise;
(d) the details of the proposals not yet cleared by the Government till date alongwith the
reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF MINES( SHRI SIS RAM OLA)
(a) to (e): There is no proposal under consideration to set up additional Alumina and Aluminium
plants by the Government in the country. However, the primary aluminium producers of the
country have intimated about their expansion plans, as per the following details:-
Name of Nature of expansion/ Location Capacity in Metric the Company additional plants to be set up Tonnes Per Annum(MTPA) NationalAluminium Expansion of existing aluminium smelter Angul,Orissa Increase by 1.15 lakh MTPA Company Limited
-do- Expansion of existing alumina refinery Damanjodi,Orissa Increase by 7 lakh MTPA
Bharat Aluminium Expansion of aluminium smelter Korba,Chhatisgarh Increase by 6.5 lakh MTPA Company Limited
Hindalco Industries Expansion of existing alumina refinery Muri,Jharkhand Increase by 3.4 lakh MTPA Limited
-do- Expansion of existing aluminium smelter Hirakud,Orissa Increase by 46000 MTPA
-do- Utkal Alumina Greenfield project Doragurha, Orissa 1.5 Million MTPA
-do- Aditya Alumina Greenfield project Kansariguda, Orissa 1.5 Million MTPA
-do- Aditya Aluminium Greenfield project Lapanga,Orissa 3.25 lakh MTPA
-do- Mahan Aluminium Greenfield project Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh 3.25 lakh MTPA
-do- Latehar Aluminium Greenfield project Jharkhand 3.25 lakh MTPA
Madras Aluminium Expansion of existing alumina refinery Mettur, Tamil Nadu Increase by 32000 MTPA Company Limited
-do- Expansion of existing aluminium smelter Mettur,Tamil Nadu Increase by 27000 MTPA