NALCO in pact with GACL for setting up of caustic soda plant

Bhubaneswar: State-run NALCO has signed an agreement with Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL) for setting up of an integrated caustic soda plant and captive power plant in Gujarat's Dahej at a cost of Rs 1,789 crore.

NALCO will hold 40 per cent equity in the project while the rest will be held by GACL, a Gujarat government owned company.

The agreement for the venture, being taken up as a backward integration initiative of the aluminium major was signed here by NALCO CMD N R Mohanty and GACL MD A M Tiwari, the Navaratna PSU said in a statement.

The capacity of the caustic soda plant will be 2.7 lakh tonnes per annum and that of the captive power plant will be 100 MW, it added.