Hindustan Zinc (HZ) reported earnings in line with ours/consensus estimates. HZ missed its guidance on volumes and ore grade over past couple of years due to delay in commissioning of shafts and weaker than assessed ore grade. As the new shafts at both Rampura Agucha (RA) and Sindesar Khurd (SK) mines commenced hauling of ore, we expect significant improvement in quality of operations with better visibility on production and lower costs. In last five years since FY15, ore grade has fallen by ~30% to 7.5% due to fall in...