China Seeks To Get Access To Afghanistan Mines
Afghanistan has one of the largest reserves of lithium in the world, a metal that is widely used in industry, including cell phone batteries, vehicles and aircraft.
SIGAR, or US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconstruction, says Chinese mining companies have talked to UAE officials to gain access to Afghanistan's lithium and copper mines.
The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction tweeted that representatives of China's mining industry had met with Taliban officials to discuss mining rights and research access to such minerals.
"Chinese mining companies are looking for opportunities to access Afghanistan's lithium and copper," SIGAR said. "Representatives of China's mining industry have spoken to Taliban officials to find and search for such minerals."
However, a spokesman for the Ministry of Mines said that China MCC would begin mining the Aynak Logar copper mine next spring.
"On lithium, we have assured all the foreign countries that have contacted us that you can do nothing about lithium because our current policy is to protect lithium," said Burhan Afghan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Mines. . And all the mines across Afghanistan are our protection policy and will not be given to anyone. "But the Afghan government is committed to Afghanistan's Aynak copper."
Afghanistan has one of the largest reserves of lithium in the world, a metal that is widely used in industry, including cell phone batteries, vehicles and aircraft.