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Hindustan Zinc's fertilizer plant likely to start ops from Dec 2026

Hindustan Zinc's Rs 1,700-crore fertiliser plant in Rajasthan is expected to begin operations by December next year, according to top company official.

“The fertiliser plant is under construction now and we see it coming up by December 2026, said Arun Misra, CEO, Hindustan Zinc on the sideline of Energy Transition Summit.

The plant would help in supporting farmers' needs through the production and sale of DAP fertilizer, currently being imported. In the first phase, a phosphoric acid plant is scheduled to come up by March-April next year, and subsequently it will be a Diammonium phosphate (DAP). The upcoming plant will manufacture DAP and NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) fertilizer.