The Department of Commerce and Industry of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday said a number of Chinese traders, who recently visited the province, assured of investment in precious stones. The Chinese plan to create a market for the…
Acting Mines and Petroleum Minister ShahabuddinDilawar has termed the auctioning of mining contacts a failed attempt and said in order to ensure transparency, laws of the previous government are still being implemented in the ministry. Key points of…
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says four companies have won contracts for mining nephrite in eastern Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Nephrite is a hard and precious stone that is used in sculpting statues and making a variety…
The Amania Mining Company (AMC) has avoided spending $700,000 in community services in the Neash district of southern Kandahar province, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learned. According to the contract, the company excavating fluorite in the area…
A table of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) shows that of 748 mining areas in different parts of Afghanistan, about 283 are controlled by the Taliban, 281 by government and the remaining by power full individuals.…
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says the Mines Protection Committee (MPC) has been able to prevent illegal extractions of natural resources at 2,200 sites during the last two years in the country. MPC is formed…
Security officials claim they have seized 65 trucks ferrying illegally extracted azure in northeastern Badakhshan province, blaming the smuggling on influential individuals. Local officials say azure is extracted from a mine located in Keran wa Menjan district…
KABUL’s interests. Covering parts of Faryab, Sar-i-Pul and Jawzjan provinces, Amu River basin is one of the country's sixth basins, possessing around 80 million barrels of crude oil, according to surveys conducted by Swedish experts 84 years back. A contract…
Despite insecurity, four mines of lead, zinc and talc have been put on offer to launch their survey and extraction in southern Kandahar province, an official says. During an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Mines Director…
Nearly six million afghanis revenue has been collected under short and long-term mining contracts with various firms in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Director of Mines Fazal Bari told Pajhwok Afghan News they…
KABUL. Mutasil Komaki, who inaugurated the National Marbles Conference and Second Meeting of the Working Group, said so far $350 million had been invested in the marble sector, but that was not enough and should be increased to a billion…
The new mining law was endorsed by former president Hamid Karzai about three months ago, but the Ministry of Justice (MJ) is yet to publish it in the official gazette. The draft law was first tabled in the…
Teen-aged boys have a distinct advantage over the older miners of Dara-e-Sauf, a coal-rich area in northern Samangan province. Burrowed into the foothills of the Hindu Kush is a vast network of dark, narrow shafts running as deep…
Vast deposits of sulpher, a key chemical element that the insurgents allegedly use in making bombs, exist in volatile areas of the country, experts say. They believe the existence of potassium nitrate, a natural solid source of nitrogen,…
KABUL and affect lives of thousands of locals, environmental and mining experts warned. If the Chinese company (China Metallurgical Group Corporation, CMGC), that awarded the contract does not take strong measures for protecting the environment then it could cause serious…
KABUL, experts allege. The gold mines are located in the Chahab district of northern Takhar province. The contracts were issued to the West Land General Trading Company (WLGTC) based on a 2008 mining draft law passed by the Council of…
Income generated from mines has declined in northern Kunduz province following the withdrawal of foreign troops and due to the lingering electoral crisis, an official said on Monday. Reserves of petroleum, phosphorus, stucco, construction stones, gravel and…
KABUL can become economically self-sufficient if its mineral riches are excavated in a professional and transparent way, some geologists and experts believe. Afghanistan is bestowed with large-scale minerals such as iron, gold, oil, gas, copper, lithium and others. Experts…
KABUL’s myriad rich mineral deposits would help attract investments in the sector. Barakzai, who examined the results of a "hyperspectral imaging" and surveys during a recent visit to the US, told Pajhwok these maps could help know size and variety…
Illegal excavation of the Sabzak coalmine in western Herat province has been inflicting a loss of millions of afghanis on the national exchequer annually, lawmakers and provincial council members allege. Public representatives from the province claim residents had…
The short stretch of track is intended to be the start of 3,600 kilometers of rail that will be the key to unlock Afghanistan’s mineral riches, including iron, copper and gold, a media report said." border="0" height="1" width="1">…
