Hindustan Copper Ltd. engages in the exploration, exploitation, and mining of copper and copper ore. Its products include cast copper rod, copper cathode, copper concentrate, copper sulphate, sulphuric acid, reverts, anode slime, and nickel cathode. The company is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal and currently employs 1,274 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2010-01-08. The firm is engaged in the business of mining and processing of copper ore. The principal activities of the Company are exploration, exploitation, mining of copper and copper ore including beneficiation of minerals, smelting and refining. The company has copper mines and concentrator plants in Malanjkhand Copper Project in Madhya Pradesh (MCP), Khetri Copper Complex in Rajasthan (KCC) and Indian Copper Complex, Ghatsila in Jharkhand (ICC). The firm has smelter and refinery plants at ICC and Gujarat Copper Project, Gujarat (GCP) for the production of copper cathode and thereafter conversion of cathode to copper wire rod at Taloja Copper Project, Taloja, Maharashtra (TCP). The firm markets copper cathodes, continuous cast copper rods and by-products, such as anode slime (containing precious metals), copper sulfate and sulfuric acid. Its subsidiary is Chhattisgarh Copper Limited.