The story
The Talcher coalfield gave Angul cheap fuel, which drew National Aluminium Company's smelter and captive power plant in the 1980s. Thermal power stations, steel plants and fertiliser units followed, making the belt one of Odisha's main industrial zones. Smaller fabrication and engineering units serve the big plants.
In numbers
NALCO has a 4.60 lakh TPA aluminium smelter and a 1,200 MW captive power plant at Angul, Odisha.
NALCO Corporate Brochure (November 2019), National Aluminium Company Ltd · 2019The Angul smelter capacity grew from 2.18 lakh TPA in 1987 to 3.45 lakh TPA (2003-04) and to 4.6 lakh TPA (2009-10).
CAG Report No. 6 of 2019, Chapter 3: Smelter and Captive Power Plant of NALCO · 2019Coal production in Angul district was 5,75,33,000 tonnes in 2010-11.
Brief Industrial Profile of Angul District, MSME-DI Cuttack, Ministry of MSME · 2012The engineering cluster at Angul had 20 functional units, a turnover of about Rs. 3.6 crore and employment of 180.
Brief Industrial Profile of Angul District, MSME-DI Cuttack, Ministry of MSME · 2012
Ways in for a newcomer
- Downstream aluminium products: conductors, extrusions, foil
- Fabrication and maintenance contracts for smelters and power plants
- Fly-ash bricks from power-plant ash
- Transport and logistics for coal and metal
Problems the cluster faces
- Air pollution and fly-ash disposal
- Land acquisition and displacement issues
- Dependence on a few large buyers
Businesses to start here
Aluminium Conductors (AAC, AAAC, ACSR) →Aluminium Castings (Foundry) →Aluminium Fabrication (Doors, Windows, Railings) →Aluminium Foil Containers →Fly Ash Bricks Unit →Heavy Fabrication (Tanks, Pressure Vessels, Piping) →