Bhubaneswar, Dec 23: An agreement has been signed between Nalco (National Aluminum Company limited) and Chaleico (China Aluminum International Engineering Corporation Limited) of China for R&D cooperation in the fields of mutual interest. Projects to be taken up by these two companies include: Separation of iron concentrate from Red Mud and Extraction of Gallium from Bayer Liquor.
“Extraction of marketable iron concentrate from Red Mud will be our first R&D project with Chaleico. This will be a major step in extracting value out of Red Mud, which is otherwise treated as an industrial waste,” said Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, and Nalco.
“On successful completion of the project, the efforts will be commercialized through a demonstration plant,” Chand added.
The agreement was signed by B.K. Satpathy, Executive Director (Business Development), Nalco and Guo Pu, General Manager, Chaleico, in presence of Tapan Kumar Chand at Bhubaneswar.
