HCL starts work on reopening copper mine, developing greenfield reserve

Indian State-run Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), the country’s sole integrated copper producer, on Saturday started construction of a concentrator at its Rakha mines, marking efforts to restart the mines in the eastern state of Jharkhand. The ground-breaking ceremony at Rakha for construction of the concentrator was also part of HCL’s initiation for development of a greenfield Chapri-Siddeshwar copper deposit in Jharkhand.