Hindustan Zinc reported 264,000 tonnes of saleable refined metal in the September quarter, up 7% from a year earlier, alongside mined-metal output of 271,000 tonnes. Zinc, lead and silver production rose. The company linked higher refined volumes to work at Chanderiya and Dariba and a new roaster at Debari. Its update also gives first-half production and quarterly wind-power figures.
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Refined and mined metal production rise
Hindustan Zinc reported saleable refined-metal production of 264,000 tonnes for the quarter ended September 30, up 7% from a year earlier. Mined-metal production reached 271,000 tonnes, increasing 5%. The company announced the operating update on October 3. The two measures describe different production stages: metal recovered through mining and metal made saleable through refining, rather than two interchangeable output totals.[1], [2]
Mined-metal output compares with 258,000 tonnes a year earlier and 268,000 tonnes in the preceding quarter. The company attributed the increase primarily to higher ore production. Saleable refined output also rose 1% from the preceding quarter. Refined zinc production reached 212,000 tonnes, up 5% annually, while refined lead reached 51,000 tonnes, up 14% annually and 9% from the previous quarter.[1]
Capacity work accompanies the refined-volume increase
The company linked higher refined volumes to debottlenecking work at Chanderiya and Dariba and commissioning a roaster at Debari with annual capacity of 160,000 tonnes. Those changes concern capacity available in the refining process. The annual capacity figure describes the roaster’s stated scale, while quarterly output records production during the reporting period. Keeping their time bases separate avoids treating capacity as actual metal output.[1]
The zinc total includes production by wholly owned Hindustan Zinc Alloys. The update also reported saleable silver output of 173 tonnes, 20% above the year-earlier level and compared with 149 tonnes in the preceding quarter. Silver is recorded separately from the large zinc and lead volumes. Its annual growth and quarter-on-quarter comparison therefore describe the silver line of the operating update specifically.[1]
First-half totals extend the production picture
For the first half of the financial year, mined-metal production reached 539,000 tonnes, up 3% from a year earlier. Refined-metal output was 524,000 tonnes, increasing 6%. First-half silver production rose 10% to 321 tonnes. These six-month figures cover a longer period than the quarterly release’s headline numbers, giving a cumulative view without changing the time period attached to the September-quarter figures.[1]
Quarterly wind-power generation reached 155 million units, a 17% increase from a year earlier. That electricity measure sits alongside metal output in the operational report and uses its own unit. The update concerns production and capacity for the 2026–27 financial year. It does not announce quarterly revenue or net profit, so higher output should be read as an operating result without assigning it a new earnings figure.[1]
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