Nalco posts 49% rise in profit to RS 187 cr

New Delhi: State-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) on Thursday reported a 49.3 per cent increase in consolidated profit to Rs 187.35 crore for the September quarter. The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 125.43 crore in the year-ago period, Nalco said in a filing to the BSE. However, the consolidated income of the company during the July-September period dropped to Rs 3,112.02 crore over Rs 3,558.85 crore in the year-ago period. Nalco is a navratna public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Mines.