Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) have signed an agreement for the transfer of EGA’s DX+ Ultra aluminium smelting technology to India. The technology will be deployed for NALCO’s planned 500,000-tonnes-per-year brownfield smelter expansion at Anugola, Odisha.
NALCO selected EGA as the technology provider following a competitive bidding process. The expansion is expected to more than double NALCO’s aluminium production capacity, with first aluminium production targeted for the end of 2030.
Under the agreement, EGA will license its DX+ Ultra technology for the construction of reduction cells providing 0.5 million tonnes per annum of capacity. EGA will also provide technical expertise during project development and train NALCO personnel to operate the EGA-designed reduction cells.
EGA has developed its proprietary aluminium smelting technology in the UAE for more than 30 years, progressing through more than 10 technology generations. The company has used its own technology for all smelter expansions since the 1990s and has retrofitted its older production lines. 
The agreement also marks another international application of DX+ Ultra technology. EGA previously licensed the technology to Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) in 2016 for its Line 6 expansion.
The agreement was signed by representatives of both companies in the presence of NALCO Chairman-cum-Managing Director Brijendra Pratap Singh and EGA CEO Abdulnasser Bin Kalban.
Source: EGA with additional information added by Glass Balkan
