ZINC EXTRACTION

ABOUT ZINC:-
• Atomic no – 30
• Crystal structure – HCP
• Melting point – 420 c
• Boiling point – 907 c

ZINC ORES:
• Sphalerite – ZnS
• Zincite – ZnO
• Calamine
• Smithstone
• Franklinite
ZINC PRODUCTION IN WORLD
rank country Zinc
productio
n(tonnes)

- World total 13000000

1 china 4300000

2 peru 1400000

3 austraulia 1300000

4 india 800000

- Other 1900000
countries
 Total 12000

Data is in thousand metric tons.

 ZINC INDUSTRIES IN
INDIA
• Hindustan zinc limited at debari
• Hindustan zinc limited at Visakhapatnam
• COMINCO-BINANI at Chennai
HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED PLANT
 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE COMPANY:-

 Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) is an integrated mining

and producer of zinc , lead , silver and cadmium.
• On 10th January 1996 Hindustan Zinc Limited was
declared as a Public Sector Undertaking.
• HZL is world's lowest cost zinc producer.
• HZL operates world's 3rd largest open pit. mine and
world's largest zinc mine in Rampura Agucha,
Rajasthan.
• HZL annually produces tonnes Of refined Zinc
and Lead.
 HISTORY OF HZL:
•Hindustan Zinc Limited was incorporated from the erstwhile Metal Corporation Of India on
10 January 1966 as a Public Sector Undertaking

•In April 2002, Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Limited (SOVL) made an open offer for
acquisition of shares of the company; consequent to the disinvestment of Government Of
India's (COI) stake Of including management control to SOVI_ and acquired additional Of
shares from public, pursuant to the SEBI Regulations 1997

•In August 2003, SOVL acquired additional shares to the extent of 18.92% of the paid up
capital from GOI with the share holder's agreement between GOI and SOVL

•With the above additional acquisition, SOVL's stake in the company has gone up to
•64-92%. Thus Col's stake in the company now stands at 29-54%
 Electrolysis: -
Electrolytic Cell:-
• This is the heart of the cell house. It is made up Of
reinforced concrete and is supported on electric
isolatoron one side ofthe cell and a PVC overflow box
is integrated on the other.
• The cell has about 8 meters length 1.4 width and 2.5
meter height it cell contains 30 cathode and 31 anodes.
Anode is made up of Lead Silver alloy and Cathode is
made up of Aluminum. At Hindustan zinc limited cell
house uses 35 megawatt Of electricity the total used
electricity by Hindustan zinc debari is 70 megawatt. Every
24 to 48 hours, each cell is shut down, the zinc-coated
cathodes are removed and rinsed, and the zinc is
mechanically stripped from the aluminum plates
 Melting and Casting
• Melting will be carried out in two identical electric induction furnaces. The
furnaces will have melting rate of 22 tonnes per hour of zinc. After melting, zinc
ingots are poured and solidified which are further transferred to the open yard by
lift trucks.
RECRUITMENT IN HZL
 Fresh recruitment - through campus recruitment at various reputed institutions
 Written Test
 Group Discussion
 Interview
 All phases of the interview are eliminatory.
 Vedanta group as an whole recruits from the colleges and then the students are segregated as per
requirement in the various subsidiary companies of the group.
 Engineer trainee — at the initial level
 Management trainee — at middle level
 Process associate — bachelors of science and commerce through pool campus recruitment
 Lateral entry - at the middle level recruitment is done through internally or through sister companies by
issuing advertisement across the employees in them .
 Upper level management - internal hiring is preferred
 The recruitment process aims to select candidates who fit into Vedanta culture and core philosophy of :
Passion to excel
Entrepreneurial and innovative
Trustworthy
Concern for Environment
Respect and care for people
 At Hindustan Zinc, they hire professionals from premier educational institutions across the country.
In other cases, applications are invited for specific vacancies announced through
advertisements in leading newspapers or on this website.
 Also hire through empanelled consultants
THANK YOU