New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) on the NSE fell over 4 per cent after the company informed the exchanges of acute shortage of coal to run operations.
NALCO said it is running out of buffer coal as there is a shortfall of around 7,000-8,000 tonnes coal per day.
"NALCO's requirement of coal for its CPP at Angul is around 17,000 tonnes per day. At present, NALCO's CPP is receiving around 8,000-9,000 tonnes per day and there is a shortfall of around 7,000-8,000 tonnes per day, " the company said in a regulatory filing.
"Due to this short supply, which is running since the last seven weeks, the buffer stock of coal available with NALCO's Captive Power Plant has been exhausted," it added.
NALCO said it fully d...