Vedanta owns 64.9 per cent stake in the company, while the centre retains a 29.54 per cent stake.
HZL has intimated that its board of directors, through resolution passed by circulation on Tuesday, has approved interim dividend of Rs 16.50 per equity share - 825 per cent on face value of Rs 2 per share for the financial year 2019-20 amounting to Rs 6,972 crore, Vedanta informed the BSE on Friday.
HZL is one of the largest integrated producers of zinc and lead and a leading producer of silver.
It has facilities in Rampura Agucha, Chanderiya, Dariba, Kayad and Zawar in Rajasthan, along with zinc-lead processing and refining facilities and a silver refinery at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand. SID SID ANSANS