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Rampura Agucha is a zinc and lead mine located on a massive sulfide deposit in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rampura Agucha is located 220 km (140 mi) from Jaipur . It is north of Bhilwara , and northwest of Shahpura .
Chanderiya Smelter Complex is the world's largest lead-zinc smelter complex [1] in the Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan state of India. It is metallurgical type plant. The original complex was built from 1989 and commissioned in 1991. [2] It refines lead-zinc ore from Rampura Agucha. It produces zinc, lead, cadmium and other precious metals. [2]
Zinc deposits have been exploited for thousands of years: the oldest known zinc mine, in Rajasthan, India, was established nearly 2000 years BP. [ 6 ] Pure zinc was produced in the 9th century AD; earlier in antiquity zinc was primarily used to alloy with copper to produce brass . [ 7 ]
World zinc output in 2009. This is a list of countries by zinc production in 2023 based on United States Geological Survey numbers. [1] Rank ... India: 860,000 5
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]
This lists of mines in India is subsidiary to the list of mines article, and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marbles and other quarries may be included in this list. In India, the underground mine to surface mine ratio is 20:80 [citation needed].
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It is close to Dhebar Lake, India's second largest artificial lake, after Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar dam). [citation needed] it is one of the oldest zinc mines of the world. It is declared as the National Geological Monument. [1] [2] [3] Zawar is a township created by mining company Hindustan Zinc Limited, for extraction of