Question

Where in Odisha is an aluminium factory located?
1. Bileipada
2. Hirakud
3. Rourkela
4. Sunabeda

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Hirakud

Explanation:

The Indian Aluminium Company Ltd.(INDAL), Hirakud: 

• It started production in 1938 as a private company and was converted into a public company in 1944.
• It is an integrated plant having three units at five different places for the production of alumina and aluminium sheets.
• The plants for the extraction of alumina from bauxite are located at Muri (Jharkhand), near the bauxite mines.
• Its three smelting units are located at Alupuram (Alwaye in Kerala), Hirakud (Orissa), and Belgaum (Karnataka).

• Odisha is the largest bauxite producing state in India.
  • Odisha consists of more than 50% of India's resources of bauxite.
  • Bauxite is an ore of aluminum.
  • Bauxite deposits are formed by the decomposition of a wide variety of rocks that consists of aluminium silicates.
  • Major bauxite producing areas are Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu
  • Bauxite is mainly used to produce alumina through the Bayer process.
• Important bauxite mines in India are:
  • Bilaspur & Maikal Hills.
  • Singhbhum.
  • Jamnagar.
  • Balangir.
  • Bargarh.
  • Koraput.
  • Kalahandi.
  • Sambalpur.
  • Sundergarh.