Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar May 5, 2009, 0:05 IST

In the wake of 35 per cent drop in bauxite production in the aftermath of the Naxalite attack on its Panchapatmali mines, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) fears a one-third drop in its alumina output after 16 days, when the navratna PSU will run out of bauxite.