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Business Overview

Hindustan Zinc is the world’s 2nd largest integrated Zinc producer and 5th largest Silver producer globally.

Hindustan Zinc’s mines are located at Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd, Rajpura Dariba, Zawar and Kayad in the state of Rajasthan.

The current ore production capacity today stands at 16.34 million tonne per annum. The company is aggressively expanding its mining capacities, implementing with six ongoing major mining projects and operates all these mines through underground mining process.

Rampura Agucha Mine, with the ore production capacity of 4.51 million tonne per annum, is the world’s largest underground Zinc mining operations with best-in-class Zinc-Lead reserves grade. The mine is currently operating through underground routes.

The Sindesar Khurd Mine, with the ore production capacity of 6.0 million tonne per annum, is a highly mechanised under-ground mine. Sindesar Khurd Mine expansion is expected to significantly contribute to the Company’s integrated Silver production.

Zawar Mines comprises 4 different mines with footprints of ancient mining and has a combined ore production capacity of 6.5 million tonne per annum. As per the radio carbon dating, the mines at Zawar are over 2500 years old. Zawar also has 80 MW of captive thermal power plant.

Rajpura Dariba Mine is an underground mine and currently has ore production capacity of 2.0 million tonne per annum. The ore production capacity at Rajpura Dariba Mine is all set to increase to 4.0 million tonne per annum.

Additionally, a new underground mine with fastest ramp-up has been opened up at Kayad, in the district of Ajmer and is scheduled to achieve its planned capacity of 1 million tonne.

The Company’s smelters are located at Chanderiya, Dariba and Debari in the state of Rajasthan and Zinc-Lead-Silver metal refineries at Pantnagar in the state of Uttarakhand. The Company’s Zinc, Lead and Silver metal production capacities have seen five-fold increase since disinvestment in 2002. The metal production capacity which was 204,000 tonne per annum in the year 2002 has grown to over 1.123 million tonne per annum.

Chanderiya Smelting Complex, located in the district of Chittorgarh, is world’s second largest single location integrated Zinc smelting complex with Zinc production capacity of 558,000 tonne and Lead production capacity of 85,000 tonnes per annum. The location also has captive power plants of 234 MW. Additional green power is generated through waste heat recovery boilers. Dariba Smelting Complex, located in the district of Rajsamand, has production capacity of 250,000 tonne of Zinc and 125,000 tonne of Lead per annum.

Dariba Smelting Complex is uniquely self-sufficient with Zinc smelter, Lead smelter and captive power plants of 170 MW, all located in the vicinity of Sindesar Khurd Mine and Rajpura Dariba Mine.

India’s oldest Zinc smelter, located at Debari in the district of Udaipur, has Zinc metal production capacity of 88,000 tonne per annum.

Zinc, Lead and Silver metal refinery at Pantnagar has a capacity to produce 800 metric tonnes of Silver per annum.

The Company’s total metal production at the end of FY2022 stands at 821,000 tonne of Zinc, 211,000 tonnes per annum of Lead and 714 metric tonnes of Silver.