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Quartz Mine discovered in Khost, Afghanistan

15th May, 2025 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: Mr. Sadiq Jan Hamza, the Head of Mines and Petroleum in Khost, made the announcement during a field visit to the Shamal Dwamanda district, confirming the identification of a significant quartz mine in the region. Quartz is a valuable and widely used mineral in various global industries. It plays a crucial role in the

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Khost, Mining, Natural Resources, Quartz |
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China’s greed for Minerals looks set to turn Afghanistan into hell

2nd September, 2024 · admin

Khaama: It means the copper mining plant can severely pollute earth, water, and air– affecting the life of millions of people living in Kabul and Logar province. As per media reports, people in this area of Afghanistan rely on groundwater and if this waste is not properly handled, it can eventually contaminate the Logar River,

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: copper, Mining, Taliban looting resources |
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Unemployed men risking lives for elusive gold in war-torn Afghanistan

12th March, 2024 · admin

Firstpost: The dire economic situation in Afghanistan, exacerbated by the recent Taliban takeover and ongoing poverty affecting half the population, has driven many like Sharif, a former livestock keeper, to turn to mining for survival. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News | Tags: Gold, Mining |
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Taliban Sign Multibillion-Dollar Afghan Mining Deals

31st August, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 31, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban announced Thursday they have signed more than $6.5 billion worth of mining contracts with local and foreign companies from China, Iran, Turkey and Britain. Shahabuddin Dilawar, the Taliban minister of mines and petroleum, said the seven contracts cover the extraction and processing of gold, copper,

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Mining, Shahabuddin Dilawar, Taliban looting resources |
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The fortune of copper under an ancient Buddhist site in Afghanistan that China is supposed to mine

30th June, 2023 · admin

The China Project: In 2008, the Afghan government and a state-owned Chinese company signed a deal to mine copper at Mes Aynak, just south of Kabul. The Taliban renewed the agreement. So why is the project stalled? For now, China and MCC hold all the cards. Ultimately, what will happen will depend much more on

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Posted in Art and Culture, China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, History | Tags: Buddhism in Afghanistan, copper, Mining |
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Private Companies Start Extracting Marble Mine in Afghanistan’s Baghlan

25th June, 2023 · admin

Khaama: The [Taliban] Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed a five-year contract to extract marble from a mine in the Khwaja Zaid Valley of the Doshi district of Baghlan province with two companies. According to company representatives, the marble the two companies export will be marketed locally and internationally. Click here to read more

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Baghlan, Marble, Mining, Taliban looting resources |
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Chinese Investment in Afghanistan’s Mining Sector: Samples Collected From Lithium and Gold Mines in Ghazni

13th January, 2023 · admin

8am: Speculations have mounted that China will seek dominance over Afghanistan’s mineral resources, particularly its lithium, gold and other rare-earth ore deposits, following the final US withdrawal from the country in August 2021. Local sources said on Thursday, January 12, that experts from two Chinese firms have visited Ghazni province for technical studies of lithium

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Ghazni, Lithium, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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Afghanistan’s mining industry never achieved its potential, despite US efforts: SIGAR

10th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The US government spent nearly $1 billion to fund critical mineral surveys, mineral exploration, regulatory reforms and capacity development for the former Afghan government, according to the report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR. “US efforts in Afghanistan’s extractives industry presented one of the greatest opportunities for the Afghan government

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Posted in Economic News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Illegal Mining, Mining, Natural Resources |
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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.

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Chromite in Afghanistan, Lithium, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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250 companies submit bids for iron, lead mines in Afghanistan

16th September, 2022 · admin

Ariana: [Taliban] Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said this week that 250 domestic and foreign firms have submitted their bids for the iron mine in Herat and lead mine in Ghor province. Esmatullah Burhan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, said that it is evaluating the bids and will soon announce

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Ghor, Herat, Mining, Natural Resources, Taliban looting resources |
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