2016
Question
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Copper
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Cobalt
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Nickel
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Iron
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Detailed explanation-1: -KOLKATA: Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has inaugurated the country’s first facility to produce nickel, a metal for which the country is completely dependent on imports.
Detailed explanation-2: -Besides the above there are Smelter, Refinery and other allied facilities to produce refined copper having capacity of 18, 500 tonnes per annum and other by product. Malanjkhand Copper Project (MCP) at Malanjkhand, Madhya Pradesh comprised of an open pit mine and ore beneficiation plant.
Detailed explanation-3: -Malanjkhand Copper Project was established in 1982. Initial project has been set up by Hindustan Copper Ltd to exploit the copper ore through an open pit mine.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Company has the facilities for production & marketing of copper concentrate, copper cathodes, copper wire bar, continuous cast copper rod and by-products, such as anode slime (containing gold, silver, etc.), copper sulphate and sulphuric acid.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL) was incorporated on 9 November 1967 to take over the plants and mines at Khetri, Kolihan in Rajasthan and Rakha Copper Project in Jharkhand from National Mineral Development Corporation. The central office is located at Kolkata which is the capital of the West Bengal state in India.