1. The Indian Aluminium Company Ltd. (IND AL), Hirakud

This company started production in 1938 as a private company and was converted into a public company in 1944. It is an integrated plant having three units at five different places for the production of alumina and aluminium sheets. The plants for the extraction of alumina from bauxite are located at Muri (Jharkhand), near the bauxite mines. Its three smelting units are located at Alupuram (Alwaye in Kerala), Hirakud (Odisha), and Belgaum {Karnataka). The rolling mill al Belur (West Bengal)

Fig. 11.11 Aluminium Industry

manufactures aluminium sheets, rod, aluminium paste, electrical conductors, and domestic utensils. The plant gets bauxite from the Bagru Hills near Lohardaga, coal from Damodar valley, and hydroelectricity from Hirakud. The plant has an installed capacity of one lakh tonnes of aluminium ingots.