Hindustan Zinc Q3 results: Vedanta subsidiary to announce December quarter numbers on this date; check details

Shares of Hindustan Zinc, along with other metal players, have been on investors' radar for the past few months amid a sharp rally in precious and industrial metals.

Data show that the stock of HZL has rallied nearly 50% over the past six months.

Hindustan Zinc (HZL): Key details you need to know

Hindustan Zinc is India’s only integrated zinc producer. The company boasts 50 years of operational experience.

With a total R&R base of 453.2 million tonnes and an average zinc-lead grade of 6.5%, "our mine life is over 25 years. Our fully integrated zinc operations currently hold around 77% market share in India’s primary zinc market. We are amongst the top five silver producers globally with an annual capacity of 800 MT," the company says.

R&R stands for Resources & Reserves.

As per the company's website, HZL is a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited, which owns a 61.84% stake in it, while the Government of India retains a 27.92% stake.

HZL operations

Hindustan Zinc’s operations comprise lead-zinc mines, hydrometallurgical zinc smelters, a lead smelter, a pyrometallurgical lead-zinc smelter, as well as sulphuric acid and captive power plants in northwest India. Total metal production capacity is 1.123 Mt.

The company has facilities located in five districts of Rajasthan, which include Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara, Rajsamand, and Ajmer, along with one district of Uttarakhand.

The facilities include the Zawar Group of Mines, the Rajpura Dariba Mine, the Sindesar Khurd Mine, the Rampura Agucha Mine, and the Kayad Mine, along with zinc-lead processing facilities which include smelters at Debari, Chanderiya, and Dariba and a silver refinery at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand.

HZL Q3 FY26 earnings schedule

On Wednesday, January 14, the company, in its regulatory filing, said that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held on Monday, January 19, 2026, inter alia, to consider and approve the unaudited Consolidated and Standalone Financial Results of the Company for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025.

Hindustan Zinc Q3 updates

In its Q3 business update, Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) reported a 4% rise in mined metal output to 2,76,000 tonnes in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, primarily on account of higher ore production.

The company's mined metal output was 2,65,000 tonnes in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.

The production of saleable metal during the third quarter also rose by 4%. Of the total saleable metal output, refined zinc production was 2,21,000 tonnes and refined lead output was 49,000 tonnes.

However, the saleable silver production during the quarter declined marginally by 1% to 158 metric tonnes, the company said in a filing to BSE.

Wind power generation during the October-December quarter rose 5% to 50 million units in line with wind velocity.