Hindustan Zinc Ltd.   (HINDZINC)

India's largest and world's second largest integrated producer of zinc & lead, with a global share of approximately 6.0% in zinc. One of the lowest cost producers in the world and are well placed to serve the growing demand of Asian countries. Hindustan Zinc is a subsidiary of the NYSE listed - Sterlite Industries (India) Limited (NYSE: SLT) and London listed FTSE 100 diversified metals and mining major - Vedanta Resources plc. HZL's core business comprises of mining and smelting of zinc and lead along with captive power generation. Company have four mines and four smelting operations: mines are situated at Rampura Agucha (largest zinc producing mine in the world), Sindesar Khurd, Rajpura Dariba and Zawar in the State of Rajasthan; while the smelters are located at Chanderiya, Debari and Dariba in the State of Rajasthan and Vizag in the State of Andhra Pradesh. In March 2010, they have successfully commissioned our 210 ktpa Hydro Zinc Smelter at Dariba Smelting Complex and 1 mtpa concentrator at Rampura Agucha, in the state of Rajasthan. Current metal production capacity is 964,000 tonnes per annum (879,000 tonnes of zinc and 85,000 tonnes of lead). The ore production capacity stands at 8.60 million tonnes per annum. It also own 314 MW of coal based thermal captive power plants in Rajasthan to support their metallurgical operations. As a green energy initiative, HZL also have 123.2 MW of wind energy in Gujarat and Karnataka, which is sold to the respective State grids.

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