KABUL ambassador to China hopes.
China Metallurgical Group Corp. was granted the contract, still the biggest agreement Kabul has signed with a foreign firm, in 2007. It will involve mining, construction of a $500 million power plant and a railway line from Tajikistan to Pakistan to support exploration.
The mine is estimated to produce about 11 million tonnes of copper in 25 years. This project will be funded entirely by MCC China under a build own operate transfer . . .
