Hindustan Zinc
is the World’s largest and India’s only integrated zinc producer. With more than 50 years of operational experience, we give highest priority to safety of our people and conservation of scarce natural resources through technology and innovation. With a total R&R base of 453.2 million tonnes and an average zinc-lead grade of 6.5%, our mine life is over 25 years. Our fully integrated zinc operations currently hold around 77% market share in India’s primary zinc market. We are amongst the top 5 silver producers globally with an annual capacity of 800 MT.
We are a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited which owns 63.42% stake in the Company while the Government of India retains a 27.92% stake. We are listed on the NSE and BSE.
Hindustan Zinc’s operations comprise lead-zinc mines, hydrometallurgical zinc smelters, lead smelter, pyro metallurgical lead-zinc smelter as well as sulphuric acid and captive power plants in northwest India. Total metal production capacity is 1.123 Mt. We have facilities located in 5 districts of Rajasthan which includes Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara, Rajsamand and Ajmer along with 1 district of Uttarakhand. The facilities include Zawar Group of Mines, Rajpura Dariba Mine, Sindesar Khurd Mine, Rampura Agucha Mine and Kayad Mine along with zinc-lead processing facilities which include smelters at Debari, Chanderiya and Dariba and a silver refinery at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand.
Ms. Priya Agarwal Hebbar
Chairperson, Hindustan Zinc
Priya Agarwal Hebbar is the Chairperson of Hindustan Zinc Limited, India’s largest and world’s 2nd largest integrated Zinc producer and is also the Non-Executive Director at Vedanta Ltd, world’s leading natural resources conglomerate.
She holds a Bachelors in Psychology and Business Management from the University of Warwick in the UK. She is deeply passionate about the environment & sustainability and has been playing an instrumental role in the ESG transformation at Vedanta. She also steers best-in-class people practices across the Group.
Priya is passionate about nature conservation, animal welfare, child nutrition and gender parity which has driven her to lead a variety of CSR initiatives. Under Priya’s leadership, the Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF), the philanthropic arm of Vedanta, has invested around USD 240 million towards socio-economic development in India touching the lives of around fifty million people across 1300 villages in India and has pledged USD 600 million over the next 5 years towards social impact projects. Vedanta has modernized over 4000 anganwadis across the country through its flagship project Nand Ghar which aims to ensure opportunities for seven crore children and 2 crore women even in the remotest parts of the country. Nand Ghar reimagines the anganwadi network with state-of-the-art infrastructure powered with 24×7 solar electricity, clean hygienic toilets, water purifiers and provides best in class services for e-learning based pre-school education, wholesome nutrition, health, hygiene, and women empowerment.
Following her love for animals, in 2010, Priya founded YODA – Youth Organization in Defence of Animals, today the largest animal welfare organization in Maharashtra with focus on rehabilitation of injured, sick, and abandoned stray animals, rehabilitating over 3000 animals each month. It partners with the local municipality to vaccinate and sterilize around 600 animals each month. YODA ensures the adoption of over 4000 shelter animals every year, providing 24/7 ambulance services across the city of Mumbai with fully equipped ambulances to conduct emergency treatments on spot. It aims to reduce rabies, ensure stray population control in Maharashtra, and promotes community awareness and education through school outreach to instill sensitivity towards animals in young children.
Priya is also leading India’s first state-of-the-art animal welfare project TACO – The Animal Care Organization, under AAF which will bring leading academicians, veterinary professionals, and communities together to create a more holistic approach to animal care in India. TACO also supports tiger conservation efforts and provides infrastructural support to the Ranthambore National Park in collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan.
With focused action plans on decarbonization, water positivity, workplace safety, community welfare and workforce diversity, Priya’s leadership is driving Vedanta on a transformative journey to emerge as an industry leader in ESG
Mission
Enhance stakeholder value through exploration, innovation, operational excellence, safety and sustainability.
Be a globally lowest cost producer
Maintain market leadership and customer delight
Values
Entrepreneurship
Our people are our most important assets. We actively encourage their development and support them in pursuing their goals.
Excellence
Our primary focus is delivering value of the highest standard to our stakeholders. We are constantly motivated on improving our costs and improving our quality of production in each of our businesses through a culture of best practice benchmarking.
Trust
We actively foster a culture of mutual trust in our interactions with our stakeholders and encourage an open dialogue which ensures mutual respect.
Innovation
We embrace a conducive environment for encouraging innovation that leads to a Zero harm environment and exemplifying optimal utilization of natural resources, improved efficiencies and recoveries of by-products.
Integrity
We place utmost importance to engaging ethically and transparently with all our stakeholders, taking accountability of our actions to maintain the highest standards of professionalism and complying with international policies and procedures.
Respect
We lay consistent emphasis on Human Rights, respect the principle of free, prior, informed consent, while our engagements with stakeholders give local communities the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns.
Care
As we continue to grow, we are committed to the triple bottom line of People, Planet and Prosperity to create a sustainable future in a zero harm environment for our communities.
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