Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Kabul (BNA) The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) extended the extraction contracts of nine marble mines in Herat province on Monday. The contracts were previously signed with the private Afghan companies, however, the extractions paused since the beginning of the National Unity Government (NUG) tenure. The value of this project is considered 23 million dollars.
“We try to sign more contracts of the mines’ extraction in this year, we will witness more achievements in terms of mines.
Soon we will sign another five contracts of marble and talcum mines,” said Nargis Nihan. Acting Minister of MoMP during a press conference here at Government Media and Information Center on Monday.
According to Minister Nihan, there were technical and legal problems before implementation of some 147 micro and medium mining projects, which were largely addressed and nine out of the said 147 projects were amended based on demand received by the contractors. “The main problems before implementation of the projects were the ministry’s lack of experience in micro mining projects.”
Acting minister of Mines and Petroleum called 2019 a year of investments on Afghanistan’s mining industry.
Meanwhile, the officials in the Marble extraction and Process Council in the south region say that they have invested dozens of million dollars in marble extraction and process.
They add that they were facing many challenges due to the lack of raw materials in the last five years but their problems will be solved after the contracts are signed.
“The new contracts are very important to us.
We can broaden our activities through the extraction of marble mines. We are grateful to the government,” said Whidullah, a member of the Marble Extraction and Process Council.
“The government should help un in term of extraction, so we do not lose our foreign customers,” said Ghulam Mohammad Eisa, a member of the Marble Extraction and Process Council.
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