Govt may bail out Nalco to avert refinery closure
Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar July 31, 2008, 1:10 IST The Centre may bail out National Aluminium Company (Nalco), whose 1.6 million tonne alumina refinery in Orissa is on the verge of closure due to acute shortage of coal. The Union Coal Ministry is understood to have decided to ask Mahanadi Coalfield (MCL) to supply coal to the alumina unit so that Nalco gets over the problem.