Kayad: a zinc operation in India

Kayad is an underground mine producing zinc in Rajasthan, India, operated by Hindustan Zinc. The sources report 32 thousand tonnes of zinc mined metal ('000 tonnes) for FY2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026); the basis is whole mine, as reported by Hindustan Zinc. In zinc content, whole-operation output for FY2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026) is 32,000 tonnes: about 0.2% of world zinc output in 2025 and about 3.7% of India's; it is one of 22 operations on this site whose output can be stated in zinc content.

Who owns and operates it?

Owners of Kayad
Owner	Interest	As of
Hindustan Zinc (operator) The report presents the mine as one of the eight underground mines the company operates. At 31 March 2026 Vedanta Limited held 60.71% of Hindustan Zinc (the holding company) and the Government of India 27.92%.	—	31 March 2026

Interests are as stated in the sources below on the date shown. Ownership changes with deals, so a stake may have changed since the date shown.

How much does it produce?

Reported output of Kayad
Period	Output	Basis	Where in the source
FY2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026)	32 thousand tonnes of zinc mined metal ('000 tonnes) Zinc mined-metal grade printed: 4.89%. Ore mined and lead mined metal are printed separately.	whole mine, as reported by Hindustan Zinc	PDF p.73 (printed pp.142-143), table "8 underground mines \| 5 locations \| 16.61 Mnt total ore production", columns "Zinc Mined Metal", row Kayad Mine (KM), FY2026 column · Hindustan Zinc Limited
FY2025 (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025)	32 thousand tonnes of zinc mined metal ('000 tonnes) Zinc mined-metal grade printed: 5.07%.	whole mine, as reported by Hindustan Zinc	PDF p.73 (printed pp.142-143), table "8 underground mines \| 5 locations \| 16.61 Mnt total ore production", columns "Zinc Mined Metal", row Kayad Mine (KM), FY2025 column · Hindustan Zinc Limited

Between FY2025 (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025) and FY2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026) the reported figure rose by 0.0%, in the same unit and on the same basis.

How the zinc-content figure is worked out. Hindustan Zinc prints 32 thousand tonnes of zinc mined metal for this mine for FY2026 in its mine table. The table lists the mines it operates, so the figure covers the whole mine. World mine production of zinc in 2025 was 13,000,000 tonnes (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026); India produced 870,000 tonnes.

The period (FY2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026)) is not the calendar year of the USGS totals (2025), so the shares are approximate.

Status: operating, as of 31 March 2026.

Hindustan Zinc prints zinc mined metal and lead mined metal as separate columns for each mine; only the zinc column is used here.

How does it compare?

Other zinc operations on this site: Red Dog, Antamina (zinc), Mount Isa (zinc), McArthur River (zinc), Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd, Zawar mines, Rajpura Dariba, Garpenberg, Tara, Neves-Corvo (Somincor), Zinkgruvan. In India: Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd, Zawar mines, Rajpura Dariba. See where zinc comes from for the country totals, the country page for India, and Hindustan Zinc for its other operations here.

Sources

Hindustan Zinc Limited: Integrated Annual Report FY2026 (annual report, FY2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026) and FY2025). Opened 4 November 2026; used: PDF pp.73 (printed pp.142-143), 158, 178, 185, 245, 74 (highlights).
U.S. Geological Survey: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Zinc (government statistical summary, 2025 (world and country mine production)). Opened 3 November 2026; used: world and country mine production table.

Method and limits

Reported, not estimated. Output is the figure the operator or owner published, in the unit it used. This site does not estimate output where none is published.
Shares. A share divides output in zinc content by the USGS world or country total for 2025. Where the operator's year is a fiscal year or the unit is a concentrate or a carbonate equivalent, the share is approximate or not given.
Whole operation or owner's share. The basis column says which. A joint venture's output is never counted twice.
Partial list. Only operations with a published figure are listed, so the rank is among those on this site, not among every zinc mine. Shares of a country's output mix periods and bases, so treat them as indicative.
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