Undertaken at Hindustan Zinc Limited, Debari
CONTENTS
About the Company History of the Company Sections in HZL Power requirement Organizational Chart Basic Processes Done Mining Roasting Leaching Zinc Electrolysis Melting & Ingots Formation Zinc & Its Uses Project- SWITCHYARD
Zinc Smelter Debari is a Hydrometallurgical zinc smelter situated at Debari, about 13 kms from Udaipur, in Rajasthan, India. The primary product of Debari is High Grade (HG) zinc and it also recovers cadmium and Sulphuric Acid as by-product.
History Of HZL, Debari
Zinc Smelter Debari was commissioned in the year 1968 with an initial production capacity of 18,000 tonnes per annum of zinc. In the past several years the capacity of the smelter has been expanded five folds to its current production capacity of 88,000 tonnes per annum of zinc.
Sections in HZL
The plant has three roasting section, one leaching & purification section, one electrolysis & one melting & casting sections.
Power Requirement
Zinc Smelter Debari also has 14.81 MW captive power plants to supply the power requirements for its metallurgical operations; it also sources additional power requirements from our captive thermal power plants located at Chanderiya and at Zawar.
Raw Material Supplies:(a). Zawar Mines (b). Agucha Mines (c). Rajpura Dariba Mines (d). Sindesar Khurd All in Rajasthan as shown in the map above: -
Power Consumption: - 50 to 52 MW per day.
Product Buyers:(a). Tata
(b). Bhel
(c). Steel Companies Note: - Zinc produced is 99.995% pure.
Basic Processes Done
Mining Roasting Leaching
Zinc Ingots
Melting
Electrolysis
Mining
Mining is the process of extracting valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include metals like Zn, Fe & coal, Diamond etc. • Above shown is Rampura Agucha mines.
Roasting Process