Street:Yashad Bhawan Udaipur - 313 004 Rajasthan, INDIA
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Hindustan Zinc is a Vedanta Group company in Zinc, Lead and Silver business. We are India's only and the world's largest integrated producer of Zinc-Lead. We are also one of the leading Silver producers in the world. We are 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.
Our core business comprises of mining and smelting of zinc and lead along with captive power generation. We 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.
Our current metal production capacity is 1,064,000 tonnes per annum (879,000 tonnes of zinc and 185,000 tonnes of lead). With reserves and resources of 313.2 million tonnes, our exploration programme is integral to our growth and future expansions. Successful exploration and subsequent development of mineral assets underlines our mission and business strategy.
We also own 474 MW of coal based thermal captive power plants in Rajasthan to support our metallurgical operations. We also have 123.2 MW of wind energy in Gujarat and Karnataka, which is sold to the respective State grids. Taking our green energy initiative a step further, we had announced, in January 2011, an addition of 150 MW in our existing wind power capacity. Of this, around 135 MW has already been commissioned. The balance capacity is expected to be commissioned in Q4 FY 2012. Post the expansion, our wind power generation capacity will increase to 273 MW.
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