Hindustan Zinc deploys first-of-its-kind AI solution for enhancing Workplace Safety

Udaipur, March 25, 2025: Hindustan Zinc Limited (NSE: HINDZINC), India’s largest and the world’s second-largest integrated zinc producer, has implemented Detect AI an advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) - powered camera surveillance system, across its operations. This innovative solution ensures workplace safety, operational efficiency and compliance monitoring. By leveraging the advanced AI-powered system Hindustan Zinc is enhancing workplace safety, eliminating manual intervention and augmenting operational efficiency. 

This cutting-edge computer vision and machine learning-based safety monitoring system seamlessly integrates with existing IoT (Internet of Things) - enabled surveillance infrastructure thereby reducing the need for manual intervention. Utilizing real-time image and video analytics, deep learning models, and edge computing, it autonomously detects unsafe industrial practices such as non-adherence to protective equipment guidelines, unauthorized personnel access, and work-at-height protocols. The system categorizes these non-compliances using predictive analytics and triggers automated alerts via cloud-based AI inference engines thereby generating comprehensive data-driven insights. With seamless API integrations, real-time KPI tracking, and intelligent automation, Detect AI transforms industrial safety by reducing incidents, enhancing compliance, and enabling proactive risk mitigation.

Hindustan Zinc has unlocked high-potential opportunities by leveraging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), computer vision, drone technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR). These projects cover diverse areas, including process optimization, enhanced metal recovery, asset reliability, productivity, and sustainability. By integrating this cutting-edge technology across mining sites across Rajasthan - including Rampura Agucha, Sindesar Khurd, Rajpura Dariba, Zawar and Kayad - Hindustan Zinc has enhanced operational efficiency by 20-30% while significantly reducing the need for manual intervention by nearly 50%.

Emphasizing the role of AI in the manufacturing sector, Arun Misra, CEO Hindustan Zinc Limited, said “At Hindustan Zinc, we have embedded technological excellence and automation into our operations to power ahead on the path of sustainable and responsible growth. It is our vision to eliminate manual intervention and automate our processes with advanced technologies such AI/ML, IIoT, computer vision. The implementation of this technology positions us ahead of the industry curve, integrating such innovative solutions for manufacturing excellence.”