The MoU was signed between Dr Anup K. Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, and Shri K.D. Diwan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, HCL, in the presence of other senior officials of the Ministry and the Company.
R. Sridharan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Arun Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, N.K. Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines, S. K. Mishra, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Hans Kumar, Deputy Manager (Mktg.), HCL, and Manoj K. Choudhary, Liaison Officer, HCL were present at the occasion.
Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), a public sector enterprise of the Government of India was incorporated on 9th November 1967. It has the distinction of being India’s only vertically integrated copper producing company encompassing mining, beneficiation, smelting, refining and casting of refined copper metal.