INVESTMENT CASE

Forging Ahead on a Solid Foundation

Hindustan Zinc is a leading mine-to-metal and precious metal player, with a metals portfolio critical to sustaining the global economy and enabling a greener future. We hold market-leading positions, including the third-largest silver producer and second-largest zinc producer globally.
We continue to build on our dominance, with our agile and dynamic approach to capture new opportunities, disciplined capital allocation strategies and sustained drive for excellence through investments in efficiencies and expansion, digitalisation and cost leadership.

HINDUSTAN ZINC EDGE

Hindustan Zinc’s end-to-end integration

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Exploration
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Mining & Beneficiation
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Smelting & Refining

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INVESTMENT CASE 1

PORTFOLIO OF MINES WITH LONG LIFE
  • Continuous enhancement of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (R&R) through exploration
  • Use of innovative technologies and advanced geophysics
  • Replenishing every tonne of the mined metal to ensure mine life of over 25 years, at the current rate of production

25+ Years

Mine Life (R&R) at current rate of metal production

456.3 Mt

Reserves & Resources

INVESTMENT CASE 2

STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN CAPACITY EXPANSION
  • Constant scaling of production volumes
  • Investment in advanced operational methodologies to accelerate mine development, improve productivity and optimise cost
  • Optimum usage of natural resources supported by proven ore deposits

1,033 kt

Refined metal production

1,079 kt

Mined metal production


  • India’s first fumer facility commissioned, contributing 30 MTPA additional silver, and enabling waste recycling and additional metal recovery
  • India’s only integrated silver producer
  • 3rd largest silver producer globally, with Sindesar Khurd Mine becoming the 2nd largest silver producing mine in the world

746 MT

Silver production


  • Efficient project execution via trained partners and teams, detailed planning, and global expert collaborations

4,210 crore

Capex utilised in FY 2023-24

INVESTMENT CASE 3

GLOBAL COST LEADERSHIP
  • Amongst lowest-cost zinc-lead producers globally
  • Powered by economies of scale, automation and digital technologies
  • Agile and responsive approach, enabling swift adaptation to change, while upholding operational excellence across the value chain
  • Robust EBITDA margin, highest credit rating, and healthy balance sheet - a reflection of our resilient capital deployment strategies
  • Renewable power delivery agreement for sourcing 450 MW of renewable energy, providing power cost insulation from commodity price variations and strenthening cost leadership

US$ 1,117 per MT

Zinc COP; first decile of the global zinc mining cost curve and first quartile of the global zinc smelting cost curve

51%

3-year average EBITDA margin

35%

ROCE; led by resilient capital management strategies

INVESTMENT CASE 4

CUSTOMER-CENTRIC APPROACH

Product excellence

  • Diversified, innovation-led product portfolio
  • Focussed on value addition: commissioned a new 30 ktpa alloy plant in FY 2023-24 and planning to commission a 510 ktpa fertiliser plant in FY 2025-26
  • 12 products and 19.7% proportion of VAP

Geographically diversified

  • Growing presence in 40 countries across Middle East, South East Asia, Europe and other regions

Service orientation

  • Collaborative product development with customers to meet their requirement
  • Extensive distribution network for improved reach and focus on long-term relations

INVESTMENT CASE 5

STRONG ESG AND CSR FOCUS

We strive for ESG excellence and undertake industry-defining initiatives to significantly reduce our environmental footprint, ensure the highest levels of safety and good governance and empower our communities. Aiming for decarbonisation, we have a robust RE portfolio capacity of 362.7 MW (solar, wind and waste heat recovery boiler) and another 450 MW of long-term RE Power Delivery Agreement.

The Company’s recycling business underscores its strategic focus on circular economy and waste utilisation, enabling better metal recovery and improved economic opportunities from the existing waste streams. We are focussed on exploring further opportunities in the recycling space, including extraction of metals from industrial residue and electronic waste.

1.9 mn

Lives benefitted across 3,685 villages from sustained CSR initiatives

Global recognitions in ESG

Ranked #1

In metal & mining industry in S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2023

Leadership band score (A-)

In climate change and water security by CDP

FTSE4Good Index

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INVESTMENT CASE 6

SUPERIOR RETURNS TO SHAREHOLDERS

Disciplined capital management

  • Investments in strategic projects that ensure above-average IRR
  • Proactive and innovative measures for better-than- average performance

Operational excellence

  • Digitalisation and automation, enabling timely delivery, staying ahead of industry changes and driving industry-leading growth Operational efficiencies through
  • Operational excellence, cost optimisation measures, meticulous planning, process rationalisation and targeted strategies

143%

5-year average dividend pay-out

15,195 crore

Net worth

11,671 crore

5-year average cash flow from operations

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