Utkal Alumina Refinery project in Rayagada district of Orissa comprises of a 1.5 MTPA Alumina Refinery, Bauxite mines (Baphlimali) with reserves lasting for over 25 years, captive co-generation power plant of 90 MW. The alumina refinery UAIL, a 100% subsidiary of the Company has been operational. The trial run production has already commenced. The output from UAIL would be sufficient to feed alumina to the Mahan and the Aditya Smelters.
With state of the art technology from the world’s best technology supplier Rio-Tinto-Alcan and one of the best quality bauxite with tightly integrated logistics between Mines and Refinery, the operating cost per tonne of Alumina is expected to be among the lowest in the world.