Hindustan Copper (HCL) has been robust in the financial year 2018-19. The Company's Copper ore production of 41.22 lakh tonnes is the best in the last twenty years (12% higher than that of the last fiscal year). The Metal-inconcentrate (MIC) production of the only vertically integrated Copper miner of India is 32,439 tonnes in 2018-19, which is the best in last sixteen years.
The ore production of the flagship Unit of HCL, Malanjkhand Copper Project, has been at an all-time high of 25.42 lakh tonnes during the fiscal year. Total Copper sales volume during FY 18-19 has been 38,321 tonnes which is the highest in last nine years.
Hindustan Copper’s principal activities include mining of copper ore, concentration of copper ore into copper concentrate through a beneficiation process and also smelting, refining and extruding of the copper concentrate into refined copper in downstream saleable products.
