Rakha Mines are copper mines situated near Jamshedpur in Jharkhand state of India. [1] [2] There is also another copper mine nearby called Kendadih copper mines and refineries at Indian Copper Complex at Ghatshila. [1]
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. [3] This station is also the nearest railway link to nearby Jaduguda Uranium mines at Jadugora.
The first industrial copper mining started at Rakha Mines by a British firm in 1900. After independence the mines were nationalized and are presently being run by a Government of India undertaking, Hindustan Copper Limited, which was formed in 1967. [1] [2] 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.