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Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) is an Indian integrated mining and resources producer of zinc, lead, silver and cadmium.It is a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited. [4] Earlier it was a Central Public Sector Undertaking, sold by Government of India to Vedanta Limited when Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Bharatiya Janta Party Government was in power in the year 2003.
HZL is the country's largest integrated producer of zinc and as of 2023, the company an 80% market share in primary zinc production in India. [90] [91] As of 2023, HZL is also the second largest integrated zinc producer in the world. [92] Rampura Agucha, owned by HZL, is the world's largest underground zinc mine as of 2022. [93]
Vedanta Resources Limited is a diversified mining company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.It is the largest mining and non-ferrous metals company in India and has mining operations in Australia and Zambia [4] and oil and gas operations in three countries.
Zinc production may have begun in India, and ancient northwestern India is the earliest known civilization that produced zinc on an industrial scale. [44] The distillation technique was developed around 1200 CE at Zawar in Rajasthan. [34] In the 17th century, China exported Zinc to Europe under the name of totamu or tutenag.
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[note 1] The three group 12 elements that occur naturally are zinc, cadmium and mercury. They are all widely used in electric and electronic applications, as well as in various alloys. The first two members of the group share similar properties as they are solid metals under standard conditions.
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