HIND.COPPER

Hindustan Copper Ltd. engages in the exploration, exploitation, and mining of copper and copper ore. Its products include cast copper rod, copper cathode, copper concentrate, copper sulphate, sulphuric acid, reverts, anode slime, and nickel hydroxide. The company is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal and currently employs 1,351 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2010-01-08. The firm is primarily engaged in the business of mining and processing of copper ore. The principal activities of the Company are exploration, exploitation, mining of copper and copper ore including beneficiation of minerals, smelting and refining. The company has copper mines and concentrator plants in Malanjkhand Copper Project at Madhya Pradesh (MCP), Khetri Copper Complex at Rajasthan (KCC) and Indian Copper Complex, Ghatsila at Jharkhand (ICC). The firm has facilities of smelter and refinery plant at ICC and Gujarat Copper Project, Gujarat (GCP) for production of copper cathode and thereafter conversion of cathode to copper wire rod at Taloja Copper Project, Taloja, Maharashtra (TCP). The firm markets copper cathodes, continuous cast copper rod and by-products, such as anode slime (containing precious metals), copper sulphate and sulphuric acid. Its subsidiary is Chhattisgarh Copper Limited.