Hindustan ZincLtd. operates smelters using, Roast Leach Electro-Winning (RLE), hydrometallurgical (Debari, Vizag and Chanderiya Smelters), ISP™ pyrometallurgical (Chanderiya Lead Zinc Smelter) and Ausmelt™ (Chanderiya Lead Smelter) process routes.
Chanderiya Lead Zinc Smelter Complex
Location
120 km from Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Lead Zinc Smelter
Commissioned in 1991
Imperial Smelting Technology – UK
Gone through a series of debotlenecking
105,000 tonnes per annum of Zinc
35,000 tonnes per annum of Lead
120 tonnes per annum of Silver
Hydrometallurgical Zinc Smelter
Hydro I
Commissioned in 2005
Roast Leach Electrowinning
Technology with Lead Silver Residue Recovery
210,000 tonnes per annum of Zinc
Hydrometallurgical Zinc Smelter
Hydro II
Commissioned in 2007
Roast Leach Electrowinning
Technology with Conversion Process
210,000 tonnes per annum of Zinc
Lead Smelter
Commissioned in 2006
TSL Technology from Ausmelt-Australia
Cansolv Technology for Sulphur Recovery
50,000 tonnes per annum of Lead
Coal Based Captive Power Plant
Commissioned in 2005
Built by BHEL
2 x 77 MW
Commissioned in 2007
Built by BHEL
80 MW
Certification
ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:1999
Highlights
Largest single location Zinc-Lead Smelter Complex in the World
World’s largest and latest generation roasters
State-of-The-Art DCDA acid plants & Tail Gas Scrubber.
Cansolv plant for 100% sulphur capture from Ausmelt Lead Furnace.
