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3. The Hindustan Aluminium Corporation Ltd. (H1NDALCO), Renukoot
This plant was set up at Renukoot, about 160 km south of Mirzapur, in 1958. It obtains bauxite from Lohardaga (Jharkhand and Amarkantak region of Madhya Pradesh), and power from the Rihand Dam. Its installed capacity is 1.26 lakh tonnes of ingots per annum, manufacturing mainly aluminium sheets and wires.