There are a handful of coal mines in Afghanistan, at least two of which have hand-worked narrow gauge railways and appear to have used locomotives in the past. Afghanistan has had a small coal mining industry since shortly after the World War I, producing coal for the domestic market. Read more
Read MoreScientists with the USGS Coal Project carried out comprehensive assessments of Afghanistan’s coal resources beginning in 2005 in cooperation with the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Industries (MMI). Various agencies of MMI involved in this cooperative
Read More2016-1-30 Afghanistan is undergoing a resurgence in coal mining. Estimates of production exceed 200,000 tons per year, approximately that of prewar levels. Demand far exceeds supply, and new mines are opening daily. In contrast to prewar and Soviet-era semi-mechanized government mines, current mining is largely by primitive artisinal methods.
Read More2021-4-13 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A makeshift coal mine collapsed Tuesday in northern Afghanistan, burying five miners and leaving four more missing, a provincial security official said. Jawed Basharat, a spokesman for the provincial police chief in northern Baghlan province said a rescue team is at the site in Nahrin district.
Read Morecoal mining in afghanistan - Mine Equipments. Coal Mining in Afghanistan - Overview - MBendi A profile of Coal Mining in Afghanistan with directories of companies, people, industry sectors, projects, facilities, news and events. Afghanistan Coal Mine - Delta Geographic/Beb C. Reynol Coal, which is abundant in Afghanistan, .
Read More2021-4-13 KABUL, Afghanistan -- A makeshift coal mine collapsed Tuesday in northern Afghanistan, burying five miners and leaving four more missing, a provincial security official said. Jawed Basharat, a spokesman for the provincial police chief in northern Baghlan province said a
Read More2021-5-2 Coal has long been mined in Afghanistan, especially in the north and west of the country. Three to four million tons of coal, valued at $300 million to $400 million, are already extracted each...
Read MoreAfghanistan consumes 1,871,722 Tons (short tons, "st") of Coal per year as of the year 2016.; Afghanistan ranks 61st in the world for Coal consumption, accounting for about 0.2% of the world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430 tons.; Afghanistan consumes 52,899 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year (based on the 2016 population of 35,383,032 people), or 145 cubic feet per capita per day.
Read More2021-5-4 KABUL (Pajhwok): The price of coal went up while rates of food items went down during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Thursday. A firewood seller Khan Mohammad in Charahi Shaheed area of Kabul said the price of 560 kg of
Read More2021-1-27 Afghanistan has vast mineral deposits, including coal, copper and iron ore, talc, lithium and uranium, as well as gold, precious stones, oil and gas. Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the...
Read More2020-6-10 Mine Coal Coal mining Afghanistan Killing Blast. Related articles. News. One killed, 17 injured as three blasts hit Kabul . The events started with the detonation of a sticky bomb — a growing menace in Kabul, where insurgents and criminals slap magnetic bombs on the underside of vehicles.
Read MoreMining in Afghanistan: Information from Answers Coal. Mining in Afghanistan is controlled by the Ministry of Mines and Industry, which is headquartered in Kabul with regional offices in other parts of the country. Afghanistan has over 1400 mineral fields, containing barite, chromite, coal, copper, gold, iron ore, lead, natural gas ...
Read More2021-3-17 Afghanistan Coal Mining News Monitoring. Get by Email • RSS. Published on 15:16 GMT. Funeral prayers of slain coal miners offered. ISLAMABAD: The funerals of bodies of coal miners discovered a day earlier were offered at DHQ hospital in Shangla district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Saturday.The prayers were attended by relatives of the ...
Read More2021-3-14 The Afghanistan coal mine is reportedly 700 metres deep. The Samangan region has reportedly been home to a number of coal mine explosions in recent years with another blast killing six miners last year. More to follow. Read more Mining Safety News
Read More2021-2-6 “1950s Afghanistan Coal Mine, Miners At Work, Industry – Rare 16mm Footage” from Kinolibrary, which is “an independent archive film agency based in East London. Supplying high quality, rare and inspiring archive footage to documentary makers, ad agencies and museums”. The video features some narrow gauge V-tipper wagons.
Read More2013-10-7 Afghanistan’s mining industry was supposed to lift this remote village from poverty. Instead, the mine disaster has left dozens of families devastated and led to a bitter dispute over who is to ...
Read More2019-5-28 According to the new mining law, five percent of revenues should be invested in local communities. Oidesimkhon is a 50-year-old miner who has spent the last six years working in a coal
Read More2021-2-4 Afghanistan’s extractive industry is governed by the 2019 Mineral Law and the Hydrocarbons Law of 2017. According to the 2016-2017 EITI Report, the 2019 Mineral Law and implementing regulations was designed to improve the governance of the sector, secure optimal resources for the state, improve the confidence of potential investors and facilitate local community participation in mining.
Read More2004-12-3 The coal provided a vital, alternative source of fuel for the villagers since the local, traditional fuel supply was wood, which had become severely depleted, and imports of kerosene from neighbouring China and Afghanistan were too expensive. The mining operations experienced severe problems.
Read More2017-1-13 A coal mine collapsed in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday morning, leaving five miners dead, a spokesman for the provincial police chief, Jawid Basharat said.
Read More2020-6-10 Mine Coal Coal mining Afghanistan Killing Blast. Related articles. News. One killed, 17 injured as three blasts hit Kabul . The events started with the detonation of a sticky bomb — a growing menace in Kabul, where insurgents and criminals slap magnetic bombs on the underside of vehicles.
Read MoreMining in Afghanistan: Information from Answers Coal. Mining in Afghanistan is controlled by the Ministry of Mines and Industry, which is headquartered in Kabul with regional offices in other parts of the country. Afghanistan has over 1400 mineral fields, containing barite, chromite, coal, copper, gold, iron ore, lead, natural gas ...
Read MoreCoal Mining Companies Africa Mining IQ. As a result, the major coal mining companies have freed up coal deposits deemed uneconomical to mine, and have made noncore assets available to BEE coal mining companies, while also entering into numerous joint venture agreements. Africa Mining IQ is a leading coal mining intelligence source.
Read More2020-7-9 coal mining sector can be developed on a safe and sustainable basis that is environmentally sound and economically rational. Coal in Afghanistan Most of the coal currently being mined in Afghanistan occurs in Jurassic rocks of the central Afghan platform (fig. 1). Triassic coal has been reported in several places, but the extent of their develop-
Read More2021-3-31 The legal system of Afghanistan is based on Civil Law. The Minerals Law is the principal legislation for the mining sector, and sets out provisions on the ownership of mineral deposits, the eligibility of obtaining mineral rights, types of mineral rights, the regulatory bodies for mineral activities, bidding processes, ensuring transparency and the elimination of corruption, investment ...
Read More2010-8-28 Afghanistan has had a small coal mining industry since shortly after the World War I, producing coal for the domestic market. There are three main mining centres: Darra-i-Suf south of Mazar-i-Sharif, opened in 1966, and the Karkar and Ispushta
Read More2018-5-24 Integrity Watch Afghanistan has said the practice of illegal coal mining is steadily increasing, despite government’s decision to close mines because of the problem. “Illegal extraction (of coal) is increasing day-by-day despite government having made a strong effort (to prevent this) and having good plans in place,” said Abdul Matin ...
Read More2021-2-4 Afghanistan’s extractive industry is governed by the 2019 Mineral Law and the Hydrocarbons Law of 2017. According to the 2016-2017 EITI Report, the 2019 Mineral Law and implementing regulations was designed to improve the governance of the sector, secure optimal resources for the state, improve the confidence of potential investors and facilitate local community participation in mining.
Read More2004-12-3 The coal provided a vital, alternative source of fuel for the villagers since the local, traditional fuel supply was wood, which had become severely depleted, and imports of kerosene from neighbouring China and Afghanistan were too expensive. The mining operations experienced severe problems.
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