Hindustan Zinc Limited Announces Production Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended March 31, 2018; Provides Production Guidance for 2020
April 11, 2018 at 02:20 am EDT
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Hindustan Zinc Limited announced production results for the fourth quarter and full year ended March 31, 2018. For the quarter, the company reported mined metal production at 254,800 tonnes against 312,300 tonnes a year ago. Refined zinc total was 206,100 tonnes against 214,500 tonnes a year ago. Refined lead total was 49,800 tonnes against 45,000 tonnes a year ago. Silver total was 170,000 tonnes against 139,000 tonnes a year ago.
For the year, the company reported mined metal production at 947,400 tonnes against 907,000 tonnes a year ago. Refined zinc total was 791,500 tonnes against 670,100 tonnes a year ago. Refined lead total was 168,200 tonnes against 139,000 tonnes a year ago. Silver total was 557,500 tonnes against 452,500 tonnes a year ago.
The ramp up of mined metal production to 1.2 million MT by 2020 is on track.
Hindustan Zinc Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in exploring, extracting, processing minerals, and manufacturing metals and alloys. The Company produces zinc, lead, silver, commercial power and alloys. Its segments include Zinc, Lead, Silver & others and Wind energy. Its operations include five zinc-lead mines, four zinc smelters, one lead smelter, one zinc-lead smelter, eight sulfuric acid plants, one silver refinery plant, six captive thermal power plants and four captive solar plants in the state of Rajasthan. In addition, the Company also has a rock-phosphate mine in Matoon, near Udaipur in Rajasthan and zinc, lead, silver processing and refining facilities in the state of Uttarakhand. The Company also has wind power plants in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra and solar power plants in the state of Rajasthan.
HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED 
