i. Aluminium smelting is the second important metallurgical industry of India. Because of its flexibility and good conductivity of electricity and heat. Aluminium is and universal accepted metal for a large number of industries. 

ii. Aluminium is gaining popularity as a substitute to steel , copper, zinc and lead in number of industries. 

iii. For the production of one tone of Aluminium approximately 6 tonnes of baxi and 18600 kwh of electricity are needed. Electricity alone snares 30 to 40 percent of the production cost. This indicates that location of the industry is influenced by the availability of bauxite and inexpensive electricity. 

iv. Jharkhand and Orissa share over 58 percent of bauxite production for India. 

v. There are 8 Aluminium plants in the country today. They are located in Orissa W. Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. These together produce about 620 thousand tones of Aluminium per annum.