Vedanta Group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd on Wednesday reported a 35.8 percent rise in net profit at Rs 2,200 crore for the quarter ended December.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 1,620 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, Hindustan Zinc said in a filing to BSE.

During the October-December period, the company's total income increased to Rs 6,483 crore, over Rs 5,117 crore period in the year-ago period, the filing said.

Commenting on the result, the company's CEO (chief executive officer) Arun Mishra said: "We have delivered record production volumes yet again despite a challenging operating environment due to COVID-19."