And that they think that they might just about break even on doing just that as a result of the copper value of the wire they dig up.

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But a 20-30% discount on the copper value is reasonable enough thus making, at the refinery gate, a 1 rupee coin worth perhaps 2 cents or two rupees.

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The company claims to have 75 million miles of copper cable which people are always trying to steal for the copper scrap value.

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