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'''Rakha Mines''' are [[copper mine]]s situated near [[Jamshedpur]] in [[Jharkhand]] state of [[India]].<ref name=a/><ref name=b/> There is also another copper mine nearby called Kendadih copper mines and refineries at Indian Copper Complex at Ghatshila.<ref name=a/>

==Location and transportation==
[[File:Rakha Mines Station.jpg|alt=|thumb|235x235px|Rakha Mines Railway station, Jharkhand]]
The nearest airport and big town is [[Jamshedpur]]. There is a railway station for the mines, in the same name as Rakha Mines Railway Station, on the [[Tatanagar]]-[[Kharagpur]] railway line. The station code is RHE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/2043|title=RHE/Rakha Mines (2 PFs) Railway Station Map/Atlas - India Rail Info|work=India Rail Info}}</ref> This station is also the nearest railway link to nearby [[Jaduguda]] [[Uranium mine]]s at [[Jadugora]].

==History==
The first industrial [[copper mining]] started at Rakha Mines by a British firm in 1900. After independence the mines were [[nationalization|nationalized]] and are presently being run by a Government of India undertaking, [[Hindustan Copper Limited]], which was formed in 1967.<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://hindustancopper.nic.in/|title=Hindustan Copper Limited|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=b>
[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090601/jsp/jharkhand/story_11046460.jsp Rakha mines lease to be again renewed]</ref>
The name Rakha was put upon the name of ''Mr. Rakhal Chandra Bhakat''. He came from a small Village called ''Swaspur''. The whole area in which the mines, colony and mill were constructed belongs to him.

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[[Category:Copper mines in India]]
[[Category:Mining in Jharkhand]]

Rakha Mines - Revision history

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