Moreover, many of the mineral deposits are in the south ... contracts for major copper, gold and oil concessions. Wahidullah Shahrani, Afghanistan’s minister of mines, said the mining and ...

Aside from oil, Afghanistan is rich in a range of mineral deposits, but so far foreign investments has been slow in coming. The first major foreign entries are two Chinese companies which are ...

LONDON -- Afghanistan plans to delay awarding concessions for a major iron ore deposit and sizeable oil and gas reserves as part of a broader effort to stamp out corruption, the country's finance ...

the basin has proven reserves of 87 million barrels of oil, although both the Chinese and Afghan sides believe that the actual deposits are much larger. In total, Afghanistan is estimated to have ...

THE news that Afghanistan has $1 trillion in unmined mineral deposits has been met with some ... as it has not only in Congo but also in Nigeria (rich in oil) and Sierra Leone (diamonds).

Estimates value Afghanistan’s deposits — including those whose presence ... The U.S. poured half a billion dollars into developing Afghanistan’s oil, gas and mineral industries.

Not because of the war for oil, but rather the new war on oil ... A 2017-18 report from the U.S. Geological Survey said Afghanistan has deposits of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral, but ...

Afghanistan’s ministry of mining announced the discovery of an oil deposit in the northern region of the country, estimating reserves of 1.8 billion bbl. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18-- Afghanistan’s ...

while the mountainous north contains valuable marble and limestone deposits used in construction. The China National Petroleum Corporation also pumps oil in the north, though Afghanistan has no ...

The north is Afghanistan's key basin for oil and gas. Afghanistan hopes its untapped mineral deposits could help reduce its reliance on Western cash to bankroll its impoverished and aid-reliant ...