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Option 1 : (a)
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Madras Aluminium Company Ltd. (MALCO), Mettur:
- It was set up at Mettur near the Salem district of Tamil Nadu in 1965. Hence pair (a) is NOT correctly matched.
- It obtains bauxite from the Shevaroy Hills and electricity from the Mettur Hydel Project.
Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO), Korba:
- This is a public sector company which set up its plant at Korba (Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh) in 1965. Hence pair (b) is correctly matched.
- It obtains bauxite from the Amarkantak (Shandol District of Madhya Pradesh) and electricity from the Korba Thermal Power Plant.
Hindustan Aluminium Corporation Ltd. (HINDALCO), Renukoot:
- It was set up at Renukoot, about 160 km south of Mirzapur, in 1958. Hence pair (c) is correctly matched.
- It obtains bauxite from Lohardaga (Jharkhand and Amarkantak region of Madhya Pradesh), and power from the Rihand Dam.
Indian Aluminium Company Ltd. (INDAL), Hirakud: Hence pair (d) is correctly matched.
- It started production in 1938 as a private company and was converted into a public company in 1944.
- It is an integrated plant having three units at five different places for the production of alumina and aluminium sheets.
- The plants for the extraction of alumina from bauxite are located at Muri (Jharkhand), near the bauxite mines.
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