Rakha Mines are

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s situated near Jamshedpur in

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state of

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. There is also another copper mine nearby called Kendadih copper mines and refineries at Indian Copper Complex at Ghatshila.

Location and transportation

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 Tatanagar Junction railway station, station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line of the Indian Railways. It has 6 platforms an ...

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railway line. The station code is RHE. This station is also the nearest railway link to nearby Jaduguda

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s at Jadugora.

History

The first industrial

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started at Rakha Mines by a British firm in 1900. After independence the mines were

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and are presently being run by a Government of India undertaking,

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, which was formed in 1967.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.

References

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