Pakistan is taking strategic steps to transform its untapped mineral resources into a driver of economic growth, employment, and technological advancement. With trillions of dollars’ worth of copper, gold, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and gemstones, the country has historically underutilized its wealth, resulting in minimal exports and limited benefits for local communities. Read More: […]
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The National Interest highlights reforms in Pakistan’s mineral sector
A detailed analysis in The National Interest highlights reforms in Pakistan’s mineral sector. Pakistan possesses untapped mineral resources worth billions of dollars, The National Interest. The country is aligning its mining policies with international standards, The National Interest. Read More: Minerals exploration – A key to country’s economic growth Through transparency and international partnerships, Pakistan aims to […]
Record gold prices spark new gold rush in Australia
Soaring gold prices have triggered a modern-day gold rush across Australia’s historic goldfields, drawing a new generation of hobbyists into prospecting in Victoria’s famed “golden triangle”. In the hinterlands of the state’s former mining towns, retirees, construction workers and families are flocking to fossicking sites, encouraged by record gold prices, advances in metal-detecting technology and […]
Pakistan and Turkiye ink $300M energy, mining deals
Pakistan and Turkiye signed energy and mining agreements worth over $300 million, focusing on offshore drilling and new exploration. The deals aim to strengthen bilateral trade and energy sector investment. PM Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar attended the signing ceremony in Islamabad. The agreements include the Indus Offshore C Block, Ziarat North […]
China vows to strengthen ties as Dar meets Wang and Xi
China has expressed strong interest in boosting cooperation with Pakistan. The focus will be on agriculture, industry, and mining. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shared this commitment during a meeting with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Tianjin on Wednesday. The two countries already share close ties. However, both sides now aim to deepen those […]
Ban imposed on mining, digging
Abbottabad: The Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad on Friday imposed a ban under Section 144 on any kind of mining and digging in Guzara and Reserve Forest. The ban has been imposed for the next 2 months on any kind of mining and quarrying in Gazara, Reserve Forest. DC office Abbottabad issued the notification where it was […]
Around 100 dead in clashes between Chad gold miners
N’Djamena: Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in northern Chad, Defence Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday. Violence broke out on May 23 at Kouri Bougoudi near the Libyan border, sparked by a “mundane dispute between two people which degenerated,” he said, adding that the toll was “around 100 […]
Two Chinese face prosecution in DR Congo over illegal miners incident
Two Chinese nationals face military prosecution for ordering two Congolese soldiers to inflict “degrading and humiliating treatment” on illegal Congolese miners in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said on Saturday. “Two Chinese used two soldiers of the FARDC (DR Congo’s armed forces) to beat up and mistreat Congolese artisanal miners in the mine,” […]
DRCongo unveils IMF credit worth $1.5 bn
The Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed with the IMF on $1.5 billion in credits in exchange for spending commitments and improved transparency in its mining sector, officials said Friday. The three-year deal will start with a loan of $217 million that will be followed by others if conditions are met, the International Monetary Fund’s […]
Myanmar jade industry becoming ‘slush fund’ for junta: report
Myanmar’s multi-billion-dollar jade mines risk becoming a “slush fund” for military repression, Global Witness said Tuesday, urging consumers to boycott purchasing any jade and gemstones from the coup-wracked nation. The country has been in turmoil since the military toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, with more than 880 killed in a junta crackdown on […]