Hindustan Zinc signs a six-year contract
Hindustan Zinc will move zinc and lead concentrate from Rampura Agucha to its Rajasthan smelters on 30 electric trucks under a six-year contract with MFL India, which also builds the charging infrastructure.
for 30 electric trucks on its Rampura Agucha concentrate route
Hindustan Zinc has signed a six-year transportation contract with MFL India for 30 electric trucks to carry zinc and lead concentrate from its Rampura Agucha mine to its smelters in Rajasthan. The contract is extendable by a further two years, and MFL will establish and operate dedicated charging infrastructure for the fleet.
The trucks will be inducted progressively rather than at once, replacing diesel vehicles as the fleet and chargers come up. Hindustan Zinc says the phased approach reflects the higher capital cost of electric and LNG vehicles, and that local drivers will continue to participate in the transport network.
Mine-to-smelter concentrate haulage is high-tonnage freight on a fixed route with a known duty cycle, which is the segment of Indian road logistics where battery trucks come closest to working commercially. A six-year contract with dedicated charging is a harder commitment than a flag-off, and it is the term rather than the 30 units that makes this worth reporting.
The company's fleet numbers need care. This release puts the green logistics fleet at 232 vehicles, comprising 52 electric and 180 LNG vehicles, with 42 electric vehicles added during FY2026. In June 2026, announcing an electric crane at Debari, the company said more than 250 LNG trucks were already carrying concentrate between its mines and smelters, and put its electric bulker fleet with GreenLine Mobility at 40 vehicles. The LNG figures do not reconcile, and both are company claims rather than audited counts. Bizmudra has asked which figure is current and how vehicles are being counted.
Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company listed on the BSE and NSE, describes Rampura Agucha as the world's largest underground zinc mining operation and says renewables are close to 22 percent of its power mix, against a net zero target of 2050 or sooner. Those are company figures; the reported position sits in its annual report and exchange filings.
Neither company disclosed the contract value, the truck supplier or model, the payload per truck, the route distance, or which party carries the capital cost of the vehicles and the chargers.
