KABUL has greater potential that can generate one million jobs for the Afghan youth. He expressed optimism that the country’s rich mine sector would ensure bolstering each and every sector of the country during the next 20 years but a…
KABUL’s vast natural resources. The( www.mines.af ) in Pashto, Dari and English languages offers an overview of the existing mines, as well as photos and videos of the sites. Over the past decade, PAN has been releasing breaking news, videos…
Despite the fact that the contract was signed with Afghan company one year ago, the findings of Pajhwok Afghan News show local groups continue extracting the Chinarak coalmine illegally in northern Baghlan province. The rich mine is located…
KABUL, showing a 40 percent decline, a Ministry of Mines and Petroleum official said on Wednesday. Deputy Mines Minister Nasir Ahmad Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News during an inclusive interview that income generated from small mines during the period was…
FAIZABAD (PAN): Officials in northeastern Badakhshan province say individuals continue excavating the tourmaline mine illegally, with its income and profit going into the pockets of insurgents. Badakhshan is a mountainous region, which is rich in mineral mines of precious stones…
KABUL has rich in natural resources and coal mines but due to government negligence its illegal and nonprofessional excavation causes huge losses to national exchequer, mining experts say. Coal mines in country can be found and have a chain in…
KABUL (IWA) report discusses the opportunities‐challenges in the prevailing conditions the country and its people will face as a result of the Aynak mining project. The report said the challenges that would arise as a result of beginning to invest…
BAMYAN CITY (PAN): The price of coal, mostly used for heating homes in the winter, has increased beyond the purchasing power of poverty-stricken families in central Bamyan province, residents complain. The complaint comes after a large number of influential individuals…
PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN will increase to 100 tonnes, officials say. Known as P-1, the tunnel is being rebuilt by an Afghan firm that has been awarded a contract for modernising Karkar, Ahandara and Dodkash coal mines in Baghlan. Eng. Abdul Latif…
KABUL): Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal and Minister of Mines Wahidullah Shahrani attended the first Afghan-German Mineral Resource Dialogue in Berlin last week. The move supports the development of a stable and strong private sector in Afghanistan to reach economic…
KABUL): The Cabinet on Saturday decided to approve a revised draft law on mines and petroleum at a special meeting, scheduled for Monday, calling the proposed legislative measure crucial to the country's economic development. The Council of Ministers, at a…
KABUL): An Indian consortium and a Canadian firm would jointly invest $14.6 billion (729.4 billion afs) in developing the Hajigak iron mine, an official said on Saturday. The mine in central Bamyan province, which is estimated to hold 1.8 billion…
KABUL): The Ministry of Mines said on Wednesday that 23 international companies had shown their keenness on investing in exploration and extraction of gold and copper in the country. A spokesman for the ministry said the foreign firms are interested…
KABUL): The casualties caused by landmines have declined by 75 percent over the past 10 years and the figure will come down to zero after a decade, a demining organisation said on Tuesday. Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA)…
KABUL): Bids from international investors for the development of a lithium mine in western Herat province would be called after a draft policy on mine exploration and extraction is approved by the Cabinet, an official said on Tuesday. Prepared two…
KABUL): A "useful strategy" on the utilisation of mineral revenue is being evolved and would be presented to the Cabinet for approval in the near future, officials said on Thursday. Mines minister Wahidullah Shahrani in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok…
KABUL's annual copper exports worth $1 billion in 2015. The mine, located 30 kilometres southeast of Kabul, is believed to contain more than 12 million tonnes of copper deposits. Discovered in 1974 and surveyed in 1978-79, the mine could not…
KABUL Bank to support the government’s efforts at managing the country’s natural resources. The Second Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project will assist Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines (MoM) and the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) to further improve their ability…
