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Date: 13.02.2017

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The BombayStock Exchange Limited, ListingDepartment
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Towers, NationalStock Exchangeof India Ltd.,
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Sub: Disclosureunder Reaulation30 of SEB! (Listina Ob!iaationsand Disclosure
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Dear Sir, , .
In terms of Regulation 30 of ,SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015, enclosed please find a press release titled 'Nalco's
3rd quarter net profit Rs.144 crore'. This press release would be published in the
newspapers tomorrow.

You are requested to please take a note and disseminate the same in your
Exchange.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
for NationalAluminiumCo. Ltd.

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PRESSRELEASE
NALCQ's 3rdQuarter Net Profit Rs. 144 crore
Bhubaneswar, 13.02.2017: National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the
Navratna PSU, under Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India and country's leading
manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, has declared its financial results
for the 3rdquarter endedDecember2016.
According to the reviewed financial results for the 3rd quarter of the financial
year 2016-17 taken on record by the Board in the meeting held at Bhubaneswartoday,
NALCO has achieved net profit of Rs.144 crore, as against Rs.121 crore in the
preceding quarter and Rs. 148 crore in the correspondingquarter of previous fiscal. The
net sales turnover in the 3rd Quarter was Rs.1848 crore. In, third quarter, N alco has
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registeredEBITDA (beforeexceptionalitem) Rs.361crore as againstRs.282crore in
the correspondingperiod of previous fiscal 2015-16. It is hearteningto note that
NALCO has registeredprofits, in all the three quartersof the presentfiscal, despite
entire global aluminium industry reeling under severemarket slowdown and many
companiesreportingloss.
The net profit for the 9 monthsendedDecember2017work out to Rs.400crore,
againstthe correspondingfigure of Rs. 573 crore for the previousfiscal. The net sales
for the 9 monthsof the fiscal is Rs.5071crore as comparedto Rs. 4866 crore,in the
correspondingperiodo~the last financialyear.
NALCO has achievedgrowth in productionin all fronts. During the Jirst nine
months of the current fiscal, NALCO achievedproduction of 53.23 lakh tonnesof
bauxite,as comparedto 45.74 lakh tonnesin compar~bleperiod of the previousfiscal
registeringrobust 16 % growth. The companyproduced15.27lakh tonnesof alumina
hydrate,against14,37lakh tonnesachievedin the correspondingperiodof the previous
financial year. Metal production was 2.86 lakh tonnes, against 2.76 lakh tonnes
registeredduring the comparablenine monthsof the previous fiscal. The net power
generatedduringthe periodwas4494million units,against4351million units achieved
in the correspondingperiod of the previousyear. NALCO is also fast emergingas a
greenpower producer.The companyhas generated164 million units of wind power
duringthe first 9 monthsof this fiscal.
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