This unit houses the smelter and downstream extrusion divisions. The company has asked the government for a rollback on the smelter tariff hike as its focus is more on smelting operations than on extrusions, to maintain viability. Alupuram has over 650 employees. Indal has already introduced a VRS at the unit where over 50 per cent have already responded. In a bid for lower power tariffs, Indal had earlier shifted some of its smelting pots from Belgaum to Hirakud in Orissa.
Power constitutes three-fourths of the cost of a smelting plant.
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