Hindustan Zinc (HZL) has reported an 11 per cent rise in integrated metal production at 2,61,000 tonnes in the third quarter of this fiscal, supported by better plant and mined metal availability and improved operating parameters. The company's integrated metal production stood at 2,35,000 tonnes in the year-ago period.
Integrated zinc production was at 214,000 tonnes, up 17 per cent as compared to Q3 FY'21. Refined lead production was at 47,000 tonnes in the third quarter of FY'22, down 10 per cent as compared to the year-ago period.
Hindustan Zinc, the world’s second biggest zinc producer, operates the world’s third largest open-pit mine, and world’s largest Zinc Mine in Rampura Agucha, Rajasthan.
