Afghanistan Ready to Re-Tender Huge Chinese
2021-1-27 Afghan government officials said that the country has terminated oil and gas contracts with China and is seeking to renegotiate the terms of a massive mining concession that has been nearly dormant...
The Story Behind China’s Long-Stalled Mine in
2017-1-7 Nine years after Chinese companies took control of Mes Aynak, copper extraction has yet to start. The Story Behind China’s Long-Stalled Mine in Afghanistan
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(MoneyWatch) In November 2007, the China Metallurgical Group Corp., a state-owned conglomerate, signed a $3 billion contract with the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum to mine “If people do not have jobs, the insurgents will get these people,” said Bamiyan Gov.
Illegal mining for Chinese market fuels Taliban in
2016-7-4 Afghanistan’s enormous mineral wealth has become a major threat to the whole country. China has more reason than most to want Afghanistan to be prosperous and stable. Its special role in Afghan mining gives it a unique opportunity to head off a danger that could so easily
Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find
2010-11-15 Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find Workers excavate a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery in Mes Aynak, south of Kabul, Afghanistan.
China’s epic fail in Afghanistan FreightWaves
2018-1-15 The Mes Aynak ore deposit is estimated to hold reserves worth $88B: the mining lease is China’s largest investment in Afghanistan, and Afghanistan’s largest foreign investment in the country’s history. The Mes Aynak ore
Afghanistan's plan to jumpstart economy with Chinese
2019-1-8 Mining has been seen as the main support for Afghanistan's economy after 2014. As Afghanistan lacks infrastructure, the government views mining
Chinese Company, Taliban Battle Over Afghan Site Al
2015-7-11 The mine is located on a transit route for Taliban fighters coming from Pakistan, and Logar province is one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous regions.
As America fights, China gets contracts CBS News
2013-7-19 (MoneyWatch) In November 2007, the China Metallurgical Group Corp., a state-owned conglomerate, signed a $3 billion contract with the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum to mine
Afghan Archaeologists Battle Chinese Mining Interests
2015-5-3 Public pressure has already delayed the start of the mining operation and now Afghan archaeologist Qadi Temori and American documentary film director Brent Huffman are working to raise international pressure on the Chinese mining company, the Afghanistan government, and UNESCO, in a bid to buy more time for archaeologists to retrieve and
Illegal mining for Chinese market fuels Taliban in
2016-7-4 Mining has the potential to generate large amounts of revenue and growth for Afghanistan. The country is one of the poorest on earth. The World Bank ranked only a dozen countries whose per capita GDP was lower than Afghanistan’s in 2014, but it is rich in minerals. Badakhshan especially has few other sources of employment.
How Chinese Mining is Destroying Afghanistan's
2011-7-12 How Chinese Mining is Destroying Afghanistan's Historic Ruins. In Afghanistan recently, supreme Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued
Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find
2010-11-15 Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find. It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old
Afghanistan's plan to jumpstart economy with Chinese
2019-1-8 Mining has been seen as the main support for Afghanistan's economy after 2014. As Afghanistan lacks infrastructure, the government views mining
China Buys into Afghanistan Brookings
2013-2-21 Many discussions of China’s involvement in Afghanistan begin with the investments made by Chinese firms to extract Afghanistan’s vast mineral wealth, which is valued at about $1 trillion by
The race to mine Afghanistan Mining Technology
2017-12-12 At present, one of the largest mines in the country is the Aynak copper licence, held by a Chinese consortium of the state-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China and Jiangxi Copper Corporation. The deposit is reportedly worth upwards of $50bn but has languished undeveloped for nine years, demonstrating that mining in Afghanistan is no easy feat.
Chinese demands, rebels and Buddhist ruins stall
2015-4-12 China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support
Slowly but surely, China is moving into Afghanistan
2019-2-18 In 2013, Chinese president Xi Jinping inaugurated the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast network of infrastructure projects spanning more than 60 countries. But the BRI largely excludes Afghanistan, moving through Central Asia and Pakistan instead. That may now be changing.
China's Role in Shaping the Future of Afghanistan
2010-9-23 Afghanistan to serve as an alternate route for troops and supplies or even to send Chinese peacekeepers or combat troops to assist the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).10 However, China is reluctant to place too much pressure on Pakistan; having a strong ally in the region is a central tenet in China’s geostrategic
Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find
2010-11-15 Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find. It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old
Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find
2010-11-15 The Chinese government-backed mining company, China Metallurgical Group Corp., which won the contract to exploit the site, has given archaeologists three years to finish the excavations.
Afghanistan Wanted Chinese Mining Investment. It
2021-3-28 Afghanistan Wanted Chinese Mining Investment. It Got a Chinese Spy Ring Instead. BY LYNNE O’DONNELL. Source Link. The arrest in Kabul on Dec. 10 of an alleged Chinese espionage ring has prompted Afghanistan to recalibrate its relationship with China, its resource-hungry giant neighbor to the east. Afghan government officials said that the
The race to mine Afghanistan Mining Technology
2017-12-12 At present, one of the largest mines in the country is the Aynak copper licence, held by a Chinese consortium of the state-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China and Jiangxi Copper Corporation. The deposit is reportedly worth upwards of $50bn but has languished undeveloped for nine years, demonstrating that mining in Afghanistan is no easy feat.
China loses multi-million-dollar contracts in
2021-1-29 After a Chinese spy ring was arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan has recalibrated its relations with China. In what will be a major blow to resource-hungry China, Kabul has terminated oil and gas contracts with China and is renegotiating the terms of a massive mining concession that has been lying dormant since it was inked with China more than a decade ago.
Mining in Afghanistan Issues Magazine
2021-4-27 To date, the Chinese-based mining company has invested US$4 billion in developing the site the largest foreign direct investment-led project in Afghanistan’s history. The immediate objective of the Haqqani Network is the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan and the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Chinese Company, Taliban Battle Over Afghan Site Al
2015-7-11 But it’s not Taliban fighters camped in nearby mountains who are threatening to destroy some 400 Buddhist treasures and a monastery complex dating back several thousand years that lie at the site of Mes Aynak. Instead it is a gigantic mining operation. A Chinese firm with a contract to dig up valuable copper ore that lies beneath the site is waging a battle against Afghan and foreign
Archaeology Magazine Mining Afghanistan's Past
The mining will almost certainly require demolition of the dozen or more ancient sites covering five square miles. What will be sacrificed is nothing less than a major part of Afghanistan’s Buddhist history. But French archaeologist Philippe Marquis is determined not to let that happen.
Slowly but surely, China is moving into Afghanistan
2019-2-18 In 2013, Chinese president Xi Jinping inaugurated the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vast network of infrastructure projects spanning more than 60 countries. But the BRI largely excludes Afghanistan, moving through Central Asia and Pakistan instead. That may now be changing.
China's Role in Shaping the Future of Afghanistan
2010-9-23 Afghanistan to serve as an alternate route for troops and supplies or even to send Chinese peacekeepers or combat troops to assist the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).10 However, China is reluctant to place too much pressure on Pakistan; having a strong ally in the region is a central tenet in China’s geostrategic
