logo

Daily Updated Afghan News Service

  • Home
  • About
  • Opinion
  • Links to More News
  • Good Afghan News
  • Poll Results
  • Afghan Concerts & Events

Tag Archives: Chromite in Afghanistan

formats

Private company officially starts extraction of chromite in Khost

8th May, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The Department of Mines and Petroleum of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] has announced the start of chromite mining in Khost province, in the Tani district. Mohammad Sadiq Hamza, head of mines and petroleum in Khost, told the media on Sunday that work to extract chromite has started after a local company

Read More…

Posted in Economic News | Tags: Chromite in Afghanistan, Khost |
formats

Chromite mine discovered in Kandahar’s Daman district

23rd December, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Chromite reserves, estimated at around 13,000 tons, have been found in Daman district of southern Kandahar province. Local officials said that exploration work is ongoing at the site of the mine. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News | Tags: Chromite in Afghanistan, Kandahar, Natural Resources, rare minerals |
formats

The world needs chromite and lithium. Afghanistan has them. What happens next?

4th November, 2022 · admin

LA Times: Jawed Noorani, an Afghan mining expert, estimated that the Taliban was collecting more than $1 billion a year in taxes on minerals. Mansfield said the regime has also doubled coal exports to Pakistan this year compared with the year before, taking advantage of a spike in prices because of the war in Ukraine.

Read More…

Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Chromite in Afghanistan, Lithium, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
formats

How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother and a U.S. Contractor Secure a Lucrative Mineral Processing Permit

13th July, 2021 · admin

occrp.org: In late 2019, SOS International (SOSi), a Virginia-based company with links to the U.S. military and intelligence apparati, obtained exclusive access to various mines across Afghanistan. As part of the deal, Ghani’s family got a little something on the side. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Corruption, Economic News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Chromite in Afghanistan, Corrupt Ghani, Natural Resources |

Subscribe to the Afghanistan Online YouTube Channel

---

---

---

---

---

Get Yours!

Peace be with you

Afghan Dresses

© Afghan Online Press
  • About
  • Links To More News
  • Opinion
  • Poll