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Numaligarh Refinery Limited signed MoU with aluminum giant NALCO

Taking a step further in consolidating markets for NRL products, NRL signed an MoU with aluminum giant NALCO

Sentinel Digital Desk

GUWAHATI: Taking a step further in consolidating markets for NRL products, NRL signed an MoU with aluminum giant NALCO for long term supply of Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) for a period of 5 years with an annual estimated sale of 40,000 MT (+/- 10%). Exchange of agreement took place on September 24 at NALCO Bhawan, Bhubaneswar in presence of Chairman & Managing Director, NALCO Sridhar Patra , Managing Director NRL S.K.Barua and senior officials of both the companies. It will be a win-win situation for both organizations with NRL gaining a dedicated market while NALCO ensuring raw material security for itself.

NRL produces around 70-75 Thousand Metric Tonnes (TMT) of CPC per annum by processing Raw Petroleum Coke generated in the refining process. The CPC produced by NRL is of anode grade quality with sulphur content less than 3.0%. CPC will be dispatched from NRL's Marketing Terminal at Numaligarh in Assam to NALCO's Smelter Plant at Angul in Odisha by Railway rake, stated a press release.

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