<p>Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited is faced with coal shortage leading to the closure of three units of the company’s captive power plant and curtailment of production.<br /><br />While the aluminium major required at least 17,500 MT of coal everyday, it is getting only 13,000 MT from Bharatpur mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.<br /><br />The company had to close down three units of its captive power plant, a Nalco official said adding that each of the units has a production capacity of 120 MW.<br /><br />“The coal crunch is affecting Nalco and its profitability,” Nalco CMD Tapan Kumar Chand said on the sidelines of a function here.</p>
<p>Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited is faced with coal shortage leading to the closure of three units of the company’s captive power plant and curtailment of production.<br /><br />While the aluminium major required at least 17,500 MT of coal everyday, it is getting only 13,000 MT from Bharatpur mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.<br /><br />The company had to close down three units of its captive power plant, a Nalco official said adding that each of the units has a production capacity of 120 MW.<br /><br />“The coal crunch is affecting Nalco and its profitability,” Nalco CMD Tapan Kumar Chand said on the sidelines of a function here.</p>