New Delhi, April 25 -- Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) on Friday reported a 47.3 increase in consolidated net profit at Rs.3,003 crore in the quarter ended March 2025 on the back of higher income.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs.2,038 crore in the year-ago period.

Income of the company during the latest January-March quarter increased to Rs.9,314 crore from Rs.7,822 crore in the year-ago period, HZL said in a filing to BSE.

In a statement the company said that it was its "best-ever fourth quarter profit after tax of Rs.3,003 crore, up 47 per cent Y-o-Y".

"As the world's largest integrated zinc producer, we aim to meet rising domestic demand while maintaining our position as one of the lowest-cost producers global...