Achievements

1. Achievement

• The Company achieved copper ore production of 3.67 million tonne in FY 2025-26
• HCL has achieved capital expenditure of Rs. 464.53 Crore in FY 2025-26 against the target of Rs. 350 Crore.
• During the 15th Rozgar Mela held on 26.04.2025 at various locations, Offers of Appointment were issued to candidates belonging to the Survey and HR cadres selected for different units of HCL.
• Rakha Mining Lease deed and Kendadih Mining Lease deed was formally executed on 19.09.2025 and 04.10.2025 for a period of 20 years respectively.
• The 58th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in virtual mode in Kolkata on 28.09.2025.
• HCL launched e-Office on 07.10.2025, marking a significant step forward in digital governance and paperless operations, with the implementation enhancing transparency, accountability, and efficiency in office processes through a fully digital workflow.
• HCL signed a Contract Agreement with M/s S. K. Khetan Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd. for the Development, Operation and Maintenance of Kendadih Mine, Jharkhand, for a period of 10 years on 15.11.2025.
• The Company exchanged the historical MoU with CODELCO, the State-owned Copper Mining Company of Chile in the presence of Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, and Chilean President, Mr. Gabriel Boric Font, on 01.04.2025. The main objective of this Agreement is to identify and implement joint activities and to foster strategic partnership in exploration, mining and mineral beneficiation through sharing of knowledge and experience as well as for training employees.
• An MoU has been signed between HCL, Madhya Pradesh State Mining Corporation Ltd and the Directorate of Geology & Mining, Madhya Pradesh at the Global Investor Summit on 25.02.2025 for exploration of critical minerals including copper in Madhya Pradesh. In this regard the company has sought reservation of Copper Block in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.
• HCL has been selected as preferred bidder for a composite License (CL) for the ‘Baghwari-Khirkhori’ copper and associated mineral block in Sidhi District, Madhya Pradesh and the execution of CL deed is under progress. The block was notified by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and the e-auction was held on 22.01.2026.
• Bodal block in Chhattisgarh has been allotted to HCL by Government of Chhattisgarh for a period of 3 years to undertake exploration work. The exploration work through NMEDT funding has been started with the help of MECL.
• The Annual Plan Meeting for the financial years 2025–26 and 2026–27, a two-day brainstorming workshop, was held at the HCL Corporate Office on 2nd & 3rd May, 2025.
• Union Minister of Coal & Mines, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, released the Copper Vision Document on 04.07.2025, at the International Conference on Sustainable & Responsible Mining held in Hyderabad
• HCL organized a Vendor Meet in hybrid mode at Corporate Office, Kolkata on 20.08.2025 in which 19 vendors have participated. The session highlighted propose projects for increasing copper ore production and encouraging vendor participation in upcoming tenders to support HCL’s growth plans.
• A successful WhatsApp video call was conducted on 23.12.2025 from the underground mines of the Khetri Copper Complex at depths of 400 meters and 700 meters. The live interaction connected the CMD, Director (Operations), Director (Finance), Unit Head – KCC, and other senior officials. The call was enabled by extending the existing Local Area Network (LAN) from surface to underground workings, demonstrating the effectiveness of the digital communication infrastructure and real-time connectivity in deep underground mining operations.
• HCL signed multiple Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RITES Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Coal India Ltd, GAIL (India) Ltd. Oil India Ltd, NTPC Mining Ltd, CSIR-IMMT, MDI Murshidabad and MECON Ltd to collaborate on the exploration, extraction, refining & production activities for copper and exploitation of copper and critical mineral deposits in India and abroad, along with mineral beneficiation, technology sharing, knowledge exchange, and other value-adding activities.

2. Awards and Accolades

• Khetri Copper Mine won the 3rd Prize in Overall Performance in Fully Mechanised Mine (Underground) Category along with 2nd prize in Mineral Beneficiation, 2nd prize in Waste Dump Management and 3rd prize in Sustainable Development in the 35th Mines Environment & Mineral Conservation Week 2024-25 final day Celebrations held on 27.04.2025 at Ajmer under the aegis of IBM, Ajmer Region. HCL's Kolihan Copper Mine also won 1st prize in Environmental Monitoring and 3rd prize in Waste Dump Management
• On the occasion of the 8th GST Day celebrated on 01.07.2025 in Jabalpur, Malanjkhand Copper Project was honored with a memento and appreciation certificate. The recognition places the unit among the Top 25 Excellent Taxpayer companies under the CGST Jabalpur Division for FY 2024-25.
• HCL was awarded the Distinction Award for implementation of Official Language in the meeting held on 25.08.2025 by Official Language Implementation Committee (Undertaking), Kolkata for the year 2024-25
• Teams from KCC unit delivered an impressive performance at the 11th Intra Zonal Rescue Competition – 2025 held from 11th to 13th October, 2025 at Rampura Agucha Mines, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Rajasthan. Kolihan Team won 1st prize in Rescue Relay, 2nd prize in FAB and 3rd prize in Overall performance. Khetri Team won the Best Member Award and 2nd prize in Rescue & Recovery.
• Shri Sanjiv Kumar Singh, CMD, HCL was honored with the Mining & Minerals Excellence Award 2025 – “CEO of the Year” at the 11th Asian Mining Congress organized by MGMI in Kolkata on 30.10.2025.
• HCL won the IEI Industry Excellence Award “For excellence in Overall Performance in the category Engineering Manufacturing & Processing” at the 40th Indian National Congress at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur on 19.12.2025.
• Shri Sanjiv Kumar Singh, CMD, HCL attended the National Seminar on “Mining Industry: Challenges and Opportunities” as the Guest of Honour on 17.01.2026 at Dhanbad. On this occasion, CMD, HCL was also conferred with the prestigious “IMMA Excellence Award 2026” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the mining industry.
• Khetri Mine bagged overall 2nd prize in underground category along with 1st prize in Environmental Monitoring, 2nd prize in Mineral Beneficiation, 2nd prize in Sustainable Development and 3rd prize in Waste Dump Management in the 36th Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation Week celebration held on 17.01.2026 at Jodhpur under the aegis of IBM, Ajmer. Kolihan Mine also won 2nd prize in Waste Dump Management and 3rd prize in Mineral Conservation in the 36th Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation Week celebration held on 17.01.2026 at Jodhpur under the aegis of IBM, Ajmer.
• Shri Sanjiv Kumar Singh, CMD, HCL was conferred the prestigious Bhaskar Bhattacharjee Memorial Award on 08.02.2026 by IIT (ISM) Dhanbad during Basant’26, held to mark the institute’s Centenary Anniversary. The award honors excellence and professional work ethics in the mining and mineral sector in memory of Late Bhaskar Bhattacharjee, former DG of Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) and a distinguished alumnus of the institute.
• MCP has bagged overall 1st prize in underground category along with 1st prize in Mineral Beneficiation, 1st prize in Systematic & Scientific Development and 2nd prize in Sustainable Development in the 35th Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation Week celebration held on 28.02.2026 at Jabalpur under the aegis of IBM, Jabalpur.
• Both KCC and MCP were felicitated with a 5-Star Rating for the year 2023–24 by the Indian Bureau of Mines on 07.07.2025 in Jaipur.

3. Conservation of Energy

• Motor starters with the energy efficient VFD drive systems & energy efficient motors were added in Conventional motors in all plant areas to improve efficiency and reduction in energy consumption as well.
• Energy consumption is constantly monitored at the mines, plants and townships with a view to achieve overall reduction. In place of conventional lights, LED lights are installed in all five units to save energy and environment, whereas the procurement of conventional lighting fixtures has been stopped. Total ₹126.66 Lakh have been saved at various unit by replacing conventional lights by these LED lights
• Approximately 119.4 Lakh unit of solar electricity has been generated by the installed Solar Power Plants across various units at HCL resulting in a saving of ₹662.09 Lakhs at various unit.
• HCL has saved electricity charges of ₹702.64 Lakh approx. by taking various initiatives like reduction of contract demand, power factor improvement, TOD Rebate in Electricity Bill & introducing energy efficient equipment etc. across various units.
• IE3 energy efficient motors” has been made the standard specification, for motor procurement, across all applications in the Unit.

• 386.5 KWp Roof top solar plant has been installed at MCP unit, which has produced approx. 4.06 lakhs unit of electricity in the year 2025-26 and saved approx. ₹25.97 lakh. 4500 KWp Ground Mounted solar plant at Indira Market has been installed at MCP which has produced approx. 74.09 lakhs units of electricity in the year 2025-26 and saved approx. ₹400.37 lakhs. 1000 KWp Ground Mounted solar plant at Old Leaching Dump (Under Mines Premises) has been installed at MCP which has produced approx. 12.54 lakhs units of electricity in the year 2025-26 and saved approx. ₹120.23 lakhs.
• 200 KWp Roof top solar plant and 800 KWp ground based Solar Power plant has been installed at KCC unit. 16.59 lakhs unit of power generated through Solar power plants and saved approx. ₹74.66 lakhs. An additional 700 kWp solar plant at KCC is in the commissioning phase.
• 20 KWp Roof top on-grid solar power systems at surda administration building has been installed at ICC unit. Approx.19400 KWH of electricity generated and saved approx. ₹1.57 lakhs. 1000 KWp Ground Mounted solar power systems has been installed at ICC unit. Approx.12.11 lakhs unit of electricity generated and saved approx. ₹39.36 lakhs.

4. Technology Absorption

• At MCP unit, replacement of old CI pipelines with HDPE pipelines from Water Treatment Plant to Concentrator Plant, one each for pumping process water and drinking water, respectively is underway.
• Revamping of Tailing Disposal pumping system for disposal of tailings without dilution at high density and increased height of Tailing Dam for further 25 meters, covered under the capacity enhancement project of Tailing Dam of MCP unit is being undertaken
• Replacement of hazardous nucleonic based gamma ray level detector for primary crusher hopper with non-hazardous microwave radar level detector is underway at MCP unit.
• Installation of electromagnetic water flow meter on main inlet pipeline of river water near Water Treatment Plant and Mine dewatering discharge pipeline to Recycle Water Pond of Concentrator plant of MCP unit is being undertaken
• Two numbers of Personnel Carriers have been procured for transportation of Manpower at KCC unit
• Digital X-Ray CR system has been installed and commissioned for hospital at KCC unit.
• KCC unit is conducting Drone Survey for its three mining leases for generation of high resolution orthomozaic images capable of showing details not only in lateral direction but also its elevations. The project also included geo-referencing of existing plans and sections of all the three mining leases at KCC unit.
• Installation of automated system for winder consists of VFD & PLC with SCADA based system for safety operational interlocking in-place of conventional operational & safety interlocking system at ICC unit has been completed.
• Installation of wireless communication system in the vertical shaft of Surda Mine to establish communication with persons during man winding has been completed. The same will also installed at working level and stopes.