Quick Facts

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(As on 31st March, 2021, Source: Wood Mackenzie for global mine/smelter rankings for zinc-lead mine and cost, World Silver Institute for silver producer rankings, S&P & RobecoSAM for DJSI ranking, CDP not-for profit global organization for A listing)

Key Outcomes - FY2021

• Fatality-free operations
• Back-fill plants commissioned at Zawarmala & Mochia Mines
• Gold standard for Rampura Agucha, Debari & Dariba solar power plants
• 1st ever producer to sell non-ferrous metals online at real-time prices (₹)
• >40% gender diversity in management & executive committees
• 1st woman mining manager in India with First Class Certificate in ‘restricted’ & ‘unrestricted’ categories
• Highest ever mined metal production of 972 kt, up 6% from 917 kt in FY2020
• Highest ever ore production of 15.5 Mt, up 7% from 14.5 Mt in FY2020
• Highest ever annual silver production at 706 tons, up 16% Y-o-Y
• Highest ever revenue from operations, up 22% in FY2021 at ₹ 22,629 crore
• Highest EBITDA post fully UG operations, up 33% in FY2021 at ₹ 11,739 crore
• Lowest ever annual zinc COP at $954 per ton post UG mining transition
• PAT up by 17% over FY2020 to ₹ 7,980 crore

FY 2020-21 saw the COVID-19 crisis challenge businesses as never before. Amid an extremely tough environment, we, at Hindustan Zinc, continued to stay on the growth track with our concerted focus on operational excellence and cost efficiencies. We delivered a remarkable performance, on the back of our steadfast commitment to become the largest and most admired zinc, lead and silver company globally. Leveraging the robustness of our business model, we continued to adhere unwaveringly to the ethos of our values and principles, to deliver excellent outcomes and accretive value across the stakeholder fabric. Our performance keeps us motivated to surge ahead with renewed determination to build a more sustainable future.

At the same time, we remained equally cognizant of our environment, social and governance commitments, as well as our sustainability goals. While staying on course to deliver responsible, sustainable and value-led growth to our stakeholders, we stood firm on our commitment to our people and the communities around us. We actively pursued our CSR agenda and COVID-19 related initiatives to support them through these challenging times.

This Annual Report is the story of our unwavering focus and commitment. It is the narrative of the exceptional challenges which tested Hindustan Zinc’s mettle, obstacles that we successfully overcame to deliver unprecedented outcomes for all our stakeholders.