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JAMSHEDPUR: Chief minister Raghubar Das on Saturday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of Chapri-Rakha concentrator plant and reopened the Rakha mines of the Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) in Ghatshila.Speaking on the occasion, Das said resumption of commercial activity at the HCL plant will revive the economy of the copper town. HCL is also investing Rs 1,400 crore for resuming the operationsGradual improvement in the demand for copper made HCL reopen its Surda mine in 2008 in two phases and and the Kendadih mines in December, 2017. In the next two years, the public sector unit will reopen its Pathargoda and Kishangaria mines. The state had allocated 90-acre land to HCL for the Chapri and Rakha concentrator plant.With the reopening of the mine, the company will provide 8,000 jobs, directly and indirectly. "The Rakha mine, which is a unit of Indian Copper Complex (ICC) of HCL located at Musaboni in Ghatshila was launched in 1971 and production started in 1977-76..