PROFITABLE RECAPTIVATION OF PRIMARY ALUMINUM

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A PROJECT REPORT

ON

PROFITABLE RECAPTIVATION OF PRIMARY

ALUMINUM

Prepared in Partial fulfillment of

Practice School - 1 Programme of

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

AT

HINDALCO, RENUKOOT

(22 MAY, 2013- 13 JULY, 2013)

Submitted By: Shaurya Malhotra ID No: 2011B5A4683P

Vikas Jakhoria ID No: 2011B3C7360P

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is a pleasure to work for HINDALCO, India's largest integrated aluminum plant.

It has been a very educating experience, with a lot to learn from it.

It has been a great experience to work under the guidance of our mentor

Mr.Jagpal Singh (Head of reduction plant).It was a pleasure to serve under his

excellence.

I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Sushil Pandey , Mr. Akhilesh Gupta,

Mr.Aditya Bhargava and Mr. Rajeev Mehta for their valuable time. Without their

support and guidance this project would not have been possible.

We would also like to thanks our coordinator Mr. S.K. Das and PS Faculty Mr.

Madhukar Mishra for their support and encouragement.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract 4

1. Introduction 5

2. Need for the project 6

3. Scope 6

4. Assumptions 6

5. Method 7

6. Observations 8

6.1 Production Statistics 8

6.2 Sales Statistics 11

6.3 Market Study 11

6.4 Expanding the Fabrication Plant 13

6.5 Expanding the Rolling Mill 13

7. Suggestions and Recommendations 14

8. Appendix 15

9. References 19

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ABSTRACT

This Report focuses on the interpretation of statistical and sales data of the

aluminum plant, HINDALCO. It will lay stress on the detailed analysis of

production statistics, which include all kinds of manufacturing and production

costs as well as the product sales, of the integrated plant.

It has been found out that the selling of raw aluminum is less profitable. The

report identifies how HINDALCO can effectively consume its...