Which important industry is located at Muri?

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  1. Aluminium manufacturing
  2. Copper manufacturing
  3. Steel manufacturing
  4. Chemical Fertilizers

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Option 1 : Aluminium manufacturing
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The correct answer is Aluminium manufacturing.

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The Muri Hindalco Plant

  • Muri Works of Hindalco Industries Limited is India’s first alumina refinery commissioned in 1948 by the erstwhile Indian Aluminium Company (INDAL).
  • In 2005, Hindalco merged the plant with itself after acquiring INDAL.
  • The plant is located on the banks of Swarnarekha River at Chota Muri, 65km from Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand state
  • Muri Works is India’s first alumina refinery commissioned in 1948 by the Indian Aluminium Company.
  • Later in 2005, Hindalco acquired Indian Aluminium Company (INDAL) and merged the plant with itself.
  • The plant is located on the banks of Swarnarekha River at Chota Muri, 65km from Ranchi, Jharkhand. Primary products include standard and special grades of Alumina and Alumina-hydrate.
  • The present capacity of plant stands at 450 Kilo tonne per annum (KTPA).
  • The plant and residential colony together cover an area of 334.2 acres.
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