Afghanistan's mining sector under the Taliban

Afghan Witness analysts compiled and examined mining contracts published online by Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MOMP) between August 2021 and February 2024. The findings reveal an array of …

BRI: China Starts Copper Extraction at Mes Aynak Mine of Afghanistan

Metallurgical Group Corp Of China Starts Copper Extraction Operation At Mes Aynak Copper In Afghanistan July 25, 2024 Nsn Asia. Badri further added: "Mes Aynak Copper is the largest copper mine in the country and the second largest in the world.The contract for this mine was signed with MCC in 2008 during the previous government, but practical work did not …

Copper and Peace: Afghanistan's China dilemma

The tender for a 30-year lease for the exploitation of the Ainak copper mine – potentially the world's second-largest open copper pit – had been won by a consortium of Chinese state-owned enterprises

Afghanistan has chromite, lithium. The Taliban …

China's angling for high-value deposits has pushed some U.S. leaders to advocate mining as a way to reengage with Afghanistan and the Taliban, with the dual benefit of helping Afghans build ...

As US exits Afghanistan, China eyes $1 trillion in minerals

As US exits Afghanistan, China eyes $1 trillion in minerals. ... investors led by state-owned Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd. won an almost $3 billion bid to mine copper at Mes Aynak, near Kabul

Taliban start building road for huge Chinese copper mining …

Afghanistan's Taliban administration this week began construction of a road to the remote site of a huge copper mine that Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) confirmed it …

Mes Aynak | Ministry of Mines

The site contains the world's second largest copper deposit which looms as major revenue source for Afghanistan. The Aynak is also a vast complex of over twenty ruin locations, including numerous 5t h-6t h century Buddhist monasteries, as fortress and evidence of even older Bronze Age settlements buried beneath the rubble of ancient copper mines.

China is tightening its grip on the world's minerals

On October 8th a Chinese state-owned enterprise disclosed plans to invest more than $5bn in a copper mine in Afghanistan. The next day Zijin Mining, China's most valuable listed miner, said it ...

Project to exploit Afghanistan's giant copper …

About ten years ago, Chinese firms signed contracts to mine one of the world's largest untouched copper deposits here, in a sparsely populated part of Logar province that feels remote despite being only 40 kilometres …

Afghanistan: Chinese company demands revision …

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 8 (ANI): A Chinese company has demanded the revision of the contract in the Aynak Logar copper mining project – at Mes Ayank a site situated 40 km southeast of Kabul in the barren region of Logar …

Reviving Commercial Development of Afghanistan's Aynak Copper …

While other, smaller mineral resources are being rampantly looted, Afghanistan's large Aynak copper deposit—worth upward $50 billion—has languished unexploited despite being contracted to a Chinese consortium nearly a decade ago. This Peace Brief seeks to understand what went wrong and explores options for breaking out of the current impasse. Resuscitating …

The five largest copper mines in operation in China

There are more than 709 copper mines in operation globally, of which 57 are in China, according to GlobalData's mines and projects database. The following are the five largest copper mines by production in China in 2023, according to GlobalData's mining database, which tracks more than 33,000 mines and projects from early exploration to ...

China's Jiangxi Copper to develop Afghanistan …

BEIJING--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...

China's Role in Shaping the Future of Afghanistan

China's Role in Shaping the Future of Afghanistan Tiffany P. Ng Summary • China has steadily increased its economic aid and investment in Afghanistan, most notably with a $3.5 billion deal to develop the Aynak copper mine. At the same time, it plays a very limited security role and has refused any direct military involvement.

Talks underway on resumption of Afghanistan's Aynak Copper Mine

Talks are underway on the resumption of the Aynak Copper Mine in Afghanistan, the world's second-largest copper ore body, which had been put on hold due to multiple factors, including regional ...

Jiangxi Copper, MCC aim to develop Mes Aynak …

The company and MCC took on a 30-year lease for the mine in 2008, which has an estimated reserve of 11.08 million tonnes of copper. Jiangxi Copper holds a 25% stake in the project.

China plans to reopen copper mine in Afghanistan

A Chinese consortium awarded the contract to develop the world's second-largest copper mine in Afghanistan is planning to return after years of delay as Beijin

Taliban Hyping Huge Mining Deals, But Afghanistan Still …

The China Metallurgical Group Corporation has yet to start a $2.83 billion contract for copper mining in the eastern Logar Province. The 30-year lease contract was signed in 2007.

China starts work on Afghan copper mine long stalled by war

SHAST BANDARI: Chinese engineers and the Taliban government broke ground in Afghanistan on Wednesday on a project to mine the world's second-largest copper deposit after a 16-year delay caused ...

Q&A: Aynak and Mining in Afghanistan

What is Aynak? Aynak is a large undeveloped copper resource, located about 40 km southeast of Kabul in Afghanistan's Logar province. After a competitive bidding process, the government of Afghanistan in 2007 awarded a 30-year lease to the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC, which then created the Afghan entity named MJAM) to explore the resource and submit a …

Anglo American to sell steelmaking coal mines to Peabody …

The mines have a combined marketable reserve of 306 million tonnes and an additional 1.7 billion tonnes of resources, with an average mine life exceeding 20 years. …

China's Pursuit of Copper Is Changing Latin America

China takes 74.1 percent of Chilean copper exports and 72 percent of its lithium exports. Likewise, over 70 percent of Peru's copper is exported to China. China is also both countries' major ...

GT Exclusive: Chinese firm's copper mine project …

Afghan children pose for photos at an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2021.Photo:Xinhua. A Chinese company's copper mine project in Afghanistan ...

China's Jiangxi Copper to develop Afghanistan copper mine …

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 ...

China and the future of Afghanistan's mineral wealth

In 2008, a Chinese company won a 30-year lease to develop a copper mine at Mes Aynak in Logar province. The mine was estimated to have the world's second-largest copper deposit, valued at $50bn. However, the …

China Copper Mines

China Copper Mines | 1,038 followers on LinkedIn. China Copper Mines is a large-scale mining group in the Republic of Zambia, which was established in 2010. | CHINA COPPER MINES LIMITED (Hereinafter referred to as "CCM") was established in 2010. It is a large-scale mining group established by private owning groups in the Republic of Zambia, known as the "Country …

Mes Aynak Copper Mining, Afghanistan

As the biggest consumer of copper, estimated at 51% of global production [6] and owner of numerous copper mines around the world, China's investments in Afghanistan's underground resources may soon resume and …