JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The High Economic Council (HEC) has approved the ‘Nangarhar Talc Strategy’ which would help attract $15 million investment in talc extraction and processing, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines (MoPM) said on Saturday.
MoPM officials are optimistic the investment would help generate jobs and revive rehabilitation projects in the eastern province.
Meanwhile, the Talc Factory Owners Union expressed concern over the decision, fearing it would create monopoly on excavation and processing of talc and lead to the closure of many small talc processing factories.
MoPM spokesman Abdul Qadeer Mutfa said the . . .
