KABUL (Pajhwok): China’s Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it and the Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC) are monitoring the situation in Afghanistan and will push forward with the Mes Aynak copper mine when they can, according to a media report on Monday.
The company and MCC took on a 30-year lease for the mine in 2008, which has an estimated reserve of 11.08 million tons of copper. Jiangxi Copper holds a 25 percent stake in the project
“Due to the unstable situation in Afghanistan, the Mes Aynak copper mine invested by the company has . . .
