Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (India)

Hindustan Zinc Ltd. is an Indian company located in Udaipur. It is India's largest and the world's second-largest integrated zinc producer. The company has over 50 years of operational experience and prioritizes the safety of its employees and the conservation of natural resources. Hindustan Zinc has a total resource and reserve base of 460.1 million tonnes and a mine life of over 25 years. It holds around 80% market share in India's primary zinc industry and is the fifth-largest silver producer globally with an annual capacity of 800 MT. Hindustan Zinc is a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited, with Vedanta owning a 64.9% stake in the company and the Government of India retaining a 29.5% stake. The company is listed on the NSE and BSE. The company's operations include lead-zinc mines, zinc and lead smelters, pyro metallurgical lead-zinc smelter, sulphuric acid and captive power plants in northwest India. Its total metal production capacity is 1.123 Mt. The company has facilities in five districts of Rajasthan (Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara, Rajsamand, and Ajmer) and one district in Uttarakhand. These facilities include various mines such as Zawar Group of Mines, Rajpura Dariba Mine, Sindesar Khurd Mine, Rampura Agucha Mine, and Kayad Mine. The company also has zinc-lead processing facilities, including smelters at Debari, Chanderiya, and Dariba, as well as a silver refinery at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand. Hindustan Zinc is the world's second-largest integrated zinc producer and the fifth-largest silver producer globally. Its mines are located at Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd, Rajpura Dariba, Zawar, and Kayad in Rajasthan. The company's current ore production capacity is 16.34 million tonnes per annum, and it is expanding its mining capacities with six ongoing major mining projects. The company operates all its mines through underground mining processes. The Rampura Agucha Mine is the world's largest underground zinc mining operation with the best-in-class zinc-lead reserves grade. It has an ore production capacity of 4.51 million tonnes per annum. The Sindesar Khurd Mine is a highly mechanized underground mine with an ore production capacity of 6.0 million tonnes per annum. The Zawar Mines comprise four different mines with a combined ore production capacity of 6.5 million tonnes per annum. The Rajpura Dariba Mine is an underground mine with an ore production capacity of 2.0 million tonnes per annum, which is set to increase to 4.0 million tonnes per annum. The Kayad mine, located in Ajmer, has a planned capacity of 1 million tonnes. The company's smelters are located at Chanderiya, Dariba, and Debari in Rajasthan, and its zinc-lead-silver metal refineries are located at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand. The company's zinc, lead, and silver metal production capacities have seen a five-fold increase since disinvestment in 2002, with a current capacity of over 1.123 million tonnes per annum. The Chanderiya Smelting Complex is the world's second-largest single-location integrated zinc smelting complex, with a zinc production capacity of 558,000 tonnes and a lead production capacity of 85,000 tonnes per annum. The Dariba Smelting Complex has a production capacity of 250,000 tonnes of zinc and 125,000 tonnes of lead per annum. The Debari Zinc smelter has a production capacity of 88,000 tonnes per annum, and the Pantnagar refinery has a capacity to produce 800 metric tonnes of silver per annum. Hindustan Zinc's total metal production at the end of FY2022 stands at 821,000 tonnes of zinc, 211,000 tonnes per annum of lead, and 714 metric tonnes of silver. The company's principal products are refined zinc metal and refined lead metal. It also recovers silver and cadmium as by-products. The zinc and lead metal produced at the Chanderiya Smelting complex are registered brands on the London Metal Exchange (LME), known for their high product quality and uniform physical characteristics. Hindustan Zinc has quality management systems in place for all its products, complying with ISO 9001:2008 standards. Hindustan Zinc's registered office is located at Yashad Bhawan, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. The company can be contacted at +91 294-6604000-02. Its corporate identity number is L27204RJ1966PLC001208. More information about the company can be found on its website, www.hzlindia.com.