Panchpatmali bauxite mines: a bauxite operation in India

Panchpatmali bauxite mines is a mine producing bauxite in Damanjodi, Koraput district, Odisha, India, operated by NALCO. The sources report 77,06,629 MT (metric tonnes), basis not stated for FY2025-26 (April 2025 to March 2026); the basis is Company figure from the 'Production' table of the Directors' Report. The sources do not give a whole-operation figure in bauxite that can be compared with world output, so no share is computed.

Who owns and operates it?

Owners of Panchpatmali bauxite mines
Owner	Interest	As of
NALCO (operator) NALCO describes the Panchpatmali mines as its captive mines. The report does not print an ownership percentage for the mine; the Government of India holds 51.28% of NALCO.	—	31 March 2026

Interests are as stated in the sources below on the date shown. Ownership changes with deals, so a stake may have changed since the date shown.

How much does it produce?

Reported output of Panchpatmali bauxite mines
Period	Output	Basis	Where in the source
FY2025-26 (April 2025 to March 2026)	77,06,629 MT (metric tonnes), basis not stated Printed in the Indian digit-grouping format 77,06,629. The Directors' Report also prints bauxite excavation of 77.01 lakh tonnes and bauxite transportation of 77.07 lakh tonnes. The report does not say whether tonnes are dry or wet.	Company figure from the 'Production' table of the Directors' Report	PDF p.29 (printed p.9), Directors' Report 1.1 Physical Performance, 'Production' table, row Bauxite, column 2025-26; Chairman's/operational highlights text on PDF p.12 · National Aluminium Company Limited
FY2024-25 (April 2024 to March 2025)	72,61,808 MT (metric tonnes), basis not stated	Company figure from the 'Production' table of the Directors' Report	PDF p.29 (printed p.9), same row, column 2024-25 · National Aluminium Company Limited

Between FY2024-25 (April 2024 to March 2025) and FY2025-26 (April 2025 to March 2026) the reported figure rose by 6.1%, in the same unit and on the same basis.

Status: operating, as of 31 March 2026.

The Directors' Report prints bauxite excavation of 77.01 lakh tonnes and bauxite transportation of 77.07 lakh tonnes as well as production, and does not say which the production figure measures; the fiscal year also differs from the calendar year of the USGS total, so no share of world output is computed.
The fiscal year runs April to March, so the figure is not a calendar-2025 figure. The report prints the mine capacity at 68.25 lakh tonnes per annum (not an output figure).
The Pottangi bauxite mine is described in the report as under development, with no production figure; it is not listed.
Alumina refineries and aluminum smelters are separate from this bauxite mine entry.

How does it compare?

Other bauxite operations on this site: Weipa (including Amrun), Gove, Porto Trombetas (Mineracao Rio do Norte), Sangaredi (Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee), Societe Miniere de Boke (SMB), Boffa (Chalco Guinea), Pingguo, Shanxi New Materials mines (merged line), Darling Range (Huntly and Willowdale), Juruti, Pocos de Caldas, Paragominas. See where bauxite comes from for the country totals, the country page for India, and NALCO for its other operations here.

Sources

National Aluminium Company Limited: 45th Annual Report 2025-26 (annual report (company website, dated 7 August 2026), FY2025-26 (April 2025 to March 2026), with FY2024-25 comparatives). Opened 4 November 2026; used: PDF pp.8, 12, 29 (printed p.9), 32, 78, 221.
U.S. Geological Survey: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Bauxite and Alumina (government statistical summary, 2025 (world and country bauxite mine production)). Opened 3 November 2026; used: world mine production and reserves table.

Method and limits

Reported, not estimated. Output is the figure the operator or owner published, in the unit it used. This site does not estimate output where none is published.
Shares. A share divides output in bauxite by the USGS world or country total for 2025. Where the operator's year is a fiscal year or the unit is a concentrate or a carbonate equivalent, the share is approximate or not given.
What is compared. Operators print tonnes of bauxite on a dry or wet basis, or do not say which. USGS bauxite mine production is in dry tonnes, so where the basis differs or is not stated the share is indicative.
Whole operation or owner's share. The basis column says which. A joint venture's output is never counted twice.
Partial list. Only operations with a published figure are listed, so the rank is among those on this site, not among every bauxite mine. Shares of a country's output mix periods and bases, so treat them as indicative.
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