Red Mud

This section takes a look at the total size of Enhanced Oil Recovery market in India, the projected percent share of the market, current demand in target market and the prospective costumers.

How much Red Mud are we talking about?

  • Nalco has 500 acre pond and has 50 Million tonnes of Red Mud.
  • Almost 50 % contains FE2O3.
  • Every hour 200 tonnes is produced therefore in one year 17,52,000 tonnes is produced.
  • We have designed a process where 60% can be recovered out of this 50 %. Therefore 25 tones per hour can be recovered.