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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...