India's Hindustan Zinc Q2 profit dives nearly 30 pct

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Hindustan Zinc Ltd reported a29.8 percent fall in second-quarter profit on Monday, dented byhigher expenses.

Net profit dropped to 18.15 billion rupees ($247.43 million)in the quarter ended Sept. 30, from 25.84 billion rupees a yearearlier, the zinc miner said.

Revenue from operations fell 10 percent to 47.77 billionrupees. However, mined metal production in the quarter rose sixpercent.

($1 = 73.3550 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Tanvi Mehta in Bengaluru, Editing by SherryJacob-Phillips)

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