By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, January 29, 2016: The public sector metal major, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has bagged the top export award of Chemical & Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL), sponsored by union ministry of commerce and industry, for its outstanding export performance in processed mineral category for the year 2012-13.

The Navratna PSE under union ministry of mines has once again proved its supremacy in export of alumina and aluminium reinforcing its formidable presence in international market.

On behalf of the company, R.N. Lenka, executive director (marketing), received the award from Kalraj Mishra, union minister of micro, small and medium enterprises, in New Delhi on Thursday.

Crediting NALCO as one of the leading foreign exchange earning CPSEs of the country, Nalco chairman and managing director, Tapan Kumar Chand, complimented the employees for collective and sustained efforts put in since 1988, when the company received the first export award from CAPEXIL.

During the fiscal 2012-13, NALCO exported 9,44,117 MT alumina and 1,44,161 MT aluminium to more than 20 countries earning foreign exchange worth of Rs 3410 crore.