Hindustan Copper Appoints Sanjiv Kumar Singh CMD

Hindustan Copper Ltd. announced on Friday that Sanjiv Kumar Singh had been appointed as its chairperson and managing director, effective immediately.

The appointment, made by the Ministry of Mines, will be valid until his superannuation on June 30, 2026, or until further orders, according to an exchange filing.

Prior to this role, Singh was director (mining) at Hindustan Copper since March 26, 2022 and held additional charge as the director (operations) from July 1, 2024, to March 8, 2025.

He also serves as a director on the board of Chhattisgarh Copper Ltd. since Aug. 6, 2024. Singh holds a BTech and MTech in open cast mining from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, and an MBA in Finance from BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

With over 38 years of experience in mine planning, design, statutory clearances and financial appraisal of projects, Singh started his career at the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute in 1987. He later joined NTPC Ltd. in 2008 as head of mine planning and design, working on coal block planning and training teams on mining software. 

Before joining Hindustan Copper, he was general manager (coal mining) at NTPC. He has also represented India at the India-Australia Energy Security Dialogue in 2016 and was involved in coal block acquisitions in Indonesia and Australia.

Following Singh’s appointment, Ghanshyam Sharma has ceased to hold the additional charge of CMD and will continue as the director (finance) and chief financial officer.

Separately, on Thursday, Hindustan Copper announced that the Ministry of Mines appointed Ashish Saxena, deputy secretary at the ministry, as a government nominee director on the company’s board. His nomination, replacing Rabindra Prasad Gupta, came into effect on Thursday. 

Shares of Hindustan Copper closed 0.81% lower at Rs 229.91 per share on the NSE, compared to a 0.69% advance in the benchmark Nifty. The stock has fallen 15.91% in the last 12 months.