Hindustan Copper is eyeing a 25% growth in ore production to 51.5 lakh tonne in fiscal 2019-20. The company has set a revenue from operations target of Rs 2,000 crore, and capex of Rs 600 crore -- mainly for mine expansion projects.
The company has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Mines, outlining the performance targets for this fiscal -- raising copper ore production to 51.5 lakh tonne from 41.22 lakh tonne in 2018-19.
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.