The company said that the mined metal production stood at 254kt in the third quarter of the current fiscal “driven by higher ore production and marginally down QoQ (Quarter-on-Quarter) due to overall mined metal grades”.

Its refined metal production at 2,57,000 tonnes declined 2% during the period under review. Hindustan Zinc's integrated zinc production during the third quarter dropped by 2% to 2,10,000 t.

Hindustan Zinc is an integrated producer of zinc, lead and silver. The company has its headquarters at Udaipur in Rajasthan where it has its zinc-lead mines and smelting complexes.