Vedanta: invitation for procurement of Steam Coal

Vedanta Resources plc is a LSE listed FTSE 100 company with a market cap including that of its listed subsidiaries of about $ 50 billion. Vedanta operates across the following core business sectors: Zinc-Lead-Silver, Copper, Aluminum, Iron Ore and Energy, with operations located in geographies spanning India, Australia, UAE, Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, Liberia and Ireland. Over the past 5 years the group has displayed exemplary appetite for organic and inorganic growth - with an industry leading organic growth program of$ 20 billion nearing completion.

Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), an operating company of Vedanta in Zinc and Lead business, is the World?s Largest Integrated Produce; of Zinc. HZL is also expanding its Lead production, mines and captive power generation capacities. The company is on course to accomplish its mission to increase total metal production capacity to over 1 million tpa. HZL will also have 275MW wind power in the current year as part of its green initiative.

HZL invites offers for 100 thousand MTs of Indonesian / South African / Colombian origin Steam coal for loading between Mid November - Mid December 2011.

Detailed specifications, place of delivery slid key terms & conditions of contract can be downloaded from our website http://www.hzlindia.com/tenders.aspx. Interested mines / accredited traders may please submit their offer along with their credentials at the following address by courier / email within five working days of this publication.

Asst. General Manager (Commercial)
HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED
Yashad Bhawan, Opp. Swaroop Sagar,
Udaipur - 313004, Rajasthan, India
e-mail: cppcommercial@vedanta.co.in