Hindustan Zinc : Hosts 51st All India Mining Rescue Competition

• The 5-day event will focus on digital interventions in rescue and recovery activities
• Honourable Prabhat Kumar, Director General, DGMS to grace the concluding event
• DGMS officials will evaluate contestants' performances in the competition

Udaipur, 15^th November 2022: Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company in Zinc-Lead-Silver business, hosts the 51st All India Mining Rescue Competition from 14th-18th November 2022. The event is hosted at the company's Rajpura Dariba Complex in Sindesar Khurd Mine under the aegis of Directorate General of Mines. It's the biggest underground mining competition which is based on 'Digital Interventions in Mine Rescue' where total 26 teams from 18 different mining companies are participating in this competition.

These 26 teams belong from prestigious coal companies such as Coal Subsidiaries M/s Bahart Coking Coal Limited, M/s central Coalfields Limited, M/s Eastern Caolfields Limited. M/s Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, M/s Western Coalfields Limited, M/s Southeastern Coalfields Limited etc. From metal companies, teams such as M/s Hindustan Copper Limited, M/s Manganese Ore India Limited, M/s Hindustan Zinc Limited, M/s Uranium Corporation of India etc. are participating in these competitions.

Talking about this event, Mr Arun Misra, CEO, Hindustan Zinc, said "We are thrilled to host the country's one of the biggest underground mining event with Directorate General of Mines Safety which will witness participation from the crème de la crème of the mining fraternity. Mine rescue is an important & most critical task of any mining operation. One can determine the success of any rescue & recovery operation through the level of preparedness of the mine rescue teams. The competition will become a source of great learning for all the 18 companies participating and provide new avenues for mine safety."

The judges from DGMS will be evaluating the performances of all the teams during the competition under the guidance of Chief Judge Shri B. P. Singh, Director of Mines Safety WZ, Nagpur, Shri Shyam Mishra, Director of Mines Safety (DMRS), HQ, Dhanbad, Shri Aftab Ahmed, Director of Mines Safety, Ranchi SEZ, Sri Sagesh Kumar M.R., Director of Mines Safety, CZ, Dhanbad and Shri Krishnendu Manadal, Director of Mines Safety, Bhuvaneshwar. Also, Shri Dayasagar, Director of Mines Safety, N-W Zone, Udaipur will also be present during the event.

In mines rescue competitions, participants are tested in terms of their knowledge and skills related to emergency situations and team members are required to solve a hypothetical problem within a specific timeline and under the observation of judges.

For the first time, the All India Mining Rescue Competition is going to include elements such as responses through 'wireless communication', 'real-time positioning of rescuers underground', 'recording of all rescue tasks through CCTV', 'creating a FAB underground', 'briefing officers', 'rescue relay race', to name a few.

Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group Company, is one of the world's largest and India's only integrated producer of Zinc-Lead and Silver. The Company has its headquarters at Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan where it has its Zinc-Lead mines and smelting complexes. Hindustan Zinc is self-sufficient in power with captive thermal power plants and has ventured into green energy by setting upwind power plants. The Company is ranked 1st in Asia-Pacific and globally 5th in Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2021 amongst Mining & Metal companies. Hindustan Zinc is a certified Water Positive Company and is the only Indian company to be recognised at the S&P Global Platts Metal Award 2022 and has won the two prestigious awards for 'Industry Leadership Award - Base, Precious and Specialty Metals' Award and 'Corporate Social Responsibility' Award.

The company takes pride in having some of the best-in-class people practices and employee-centric initiatives, which have certified Hindustan Zinc as - 'Great Place to Work 2022', 'Company with Great Managers 2020' by People Business and the PeopleFirst HR Excellence Award.

As a socially responsible corporate, Hindustan Zinc has been relentlessly working to improve the lives of rural and tribal people residing near its business locations. The company is amongst the Top 15 CSR Spenders in India and is currently transforming the lives of 1.4 million people in 234 villages out of which 184 in Rajasthan, 34 in Uttarakhand and 16 villages in Gujarat. As a market leader, Hindustan Zinc governs about ~80% of the growing Zinc market in India.

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