Nov. 21: Ahead of its Rs.

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Hindustan Copper plans to sell excavated waste rock used to lay roads and railway tracks, raising as much as $1.3 billion, traders estimate. The company is seeking buyers for about 200 million metric tons of rocks accumulated over the past four decades from mines at the Malanjkhand copper complex in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, chairman Shakeel Ahmed said.

HINDUSTAN COPPER is in talks with the Karnataka-based Hutti Gold Mines to form a JV for reviving copper mining activities, which were were abandoned by the state PSU almost a decade ago.

The mines ministry on Sunday said it in all probability would approach the Cabi- net next week seeking app- roval for the proposed 20 per cent share sale of state- run copper producer HCL.

AMIT GUPTA

Ranchi, May 31: The sleepy towns of Ghatshila and Mosabani in East Singhbhum will soon be abuzz with industrial activities. The state has decided to lease out two copper mines

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