BENGALURU — India’s Hindustan Zinc is eyeing rare earth minerals but kickstarting production could take up to five years, a top executive told Nikkei Asia, highlighting the difficulties in building a domestic supply chain to counter China’s dominance of the sector.
Chief Executive Arun Misra said that Hindustan Zinc, a subsidiary of Indian natural resources conglomerate Vedanta, wants to mine and process neodymium, a rare earth used in permanent magnets. The company is among the world’s largest producers of zinc, silver and lead.
