A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...

Chinese firms have secured at least three major contracts in gold and copper mining. Every dollar they don’t spend in ...

“We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there are obstacles,” Humayoun Afghan, the spokesman for the Ministry of Mines, told AFP. “We have no experts, no infrastructure, no knowledge.

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich ...