Powering progress and sustainability with innovation

Our collaborations with external technical experts and integration of innovation across every facet of business power our competitive edge. It helps drive process improvement, enhance efficiencies and resource recovery, and explore smarter, sustainable ways of creating value

ADVANCING EMERGING PORTFOLIOS IN ZINC BATTERIES AND ALLOYS

Our R&D team is playing a pivotal role in advancing our emerging portfolio to ensure we stay ahead of industry trends. Aligned with this, we have forayed into developing zinc battery technology. We have partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), a premier institute sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, to develop sustainable energy storage solutions which offer a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to Lithium-ion batteries.

We are also expanding our capabilities in zinc alloys development, while striving to diversify into adjacent portfolios to ensure business sustainability and profitability. Focused on this, we are augmenting our in-house characterisation facility and exploring potential for castability, mechanical testing and improved mineralogy facilities to support our new venture.

INNOVATING TO IMPROVE PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES

We have developed novel flotation reagents in mills and modified hydro and pyrometallurgical circuits to improve the concentrate grade and metal purity. To reduce our ecological footprint and recover valuable resources from wastes, we have taken multiple waste/dross recycling initiatives, including optimising metal recovery, utilising secondary materials and reducing carbon footprint in our Waelz kiln operation.

To expand our research avenues and strengthen our capabilities, our R&D has been equipped with advanced instruments and facilities in mineralogy. This includes optical microscopy, X-ray fluorescence and diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, pyrometallurgy (muffle and rotary furnaces), hydrometallurgy, and mineral processing (sizing, comminution, and flotation).

FY2025 innovation highlights