U.S. discovers $1 trillion Afghan mineral deposits:-Tahniahla Amerika oiii..

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SINGAPORE - Afghanistan could be holding $1 trillion of untapped mineral deposits including critical industrial metals such as lithium, the New York Times reported, quoting U.S. government officials.

The previously unknown deposits of iron, copper, cobalt and gold are so huge that it could transform the impoverished nation into one of the world's important mining centres, the report on the newspaper's website
(www.nytimes.com/)

The mineral wealth, discovered by a team of Pentagon officials and U.S. geologists, is scattered throughout the country including in the south and east along the border with Pakistan, where the Taliban-led insurgency is the most intense.

"There is stunning potential here," the newspaper quoted General David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command, as saying in an interview at the weekend. "There are lots of ifs, of course, but I think potentially it is hugely significant."

An internal Pentagon memo said Afghanistan could become the "Saudi Arabia of lithium," the New York Times said. Lithium is a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries for laptops and other electronics such as mobile telephones.

Afghanistan does not have any mining industry or infrastructure, so it will take decades for the country to exploit its mineral wealth fully, the paper quoted U.S. officials as saying.

The report about the country's untapped wealth is likely to intensify competition among regional players such as China, India and even Russia for a greater role in exploiting those resources.

Two Chinese firms have committed themselves to a $4 billion investment in the vast Aynak copper mine, south of Kabul, the biggest non-military foreign investment so far in the country.

Another big contract to mine an estimated 1.8 billion tonnes of high-quality iron ore in the remote mountainous region of Hajigak is expected to open for international bidding this year.

Firms from India and China are eyeing the contract, which the Afghan mines ministry says is the largest unmined iron deposit in Asia.

According to the U.S. study, the biggest deposits discovered so far are of iron and copper and the quantities are large enough to make Afghanistan a major world producer.

Other finds include large deposits of niobium, a soft metal used in producing superconducting steel, rare earth elements and large gold deposits in Pashtun areas of southern Afghanistan.

fr: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/discovers+trillion+Afghan+mineral+deposits+Report/3151592/story.html

p/s:habisla Afghanistan kene sumpahan jugak..nasib negare Islam kaye tp malang,kalu 1trillion USD tu lebih kurang mcm RM3.3trillion

zvicmorrow

satu persatu terungkai maksud kenapa uncle sam tak nak keluar dari afghan tu...........

sitihawa

bumi islam ni memang kaya
sebab tuh usa , israel berlumba2 nak
orang islam sendiri ?

haniryan

tu la tujuan asal dia p dok serang negara2 orang tu agak nya... dasar lanun laknat, sama la dengan si zionis binasa tu

puanlina

tak da lain keja dia org tu... nak memonopoli gheta org jer kejanya..
ada maksud yang tersirat Amerika nih !!!

haniryan

aku memang nyampah betol la dengan lanun2 kafir nih...his hangin2

cruzavlen

Macam-macam...

nafham

finally... terdedah juga..

jazim

Yg nyata bertambah lagi askar USA yg balik dlm keranda!

whydoucare_2

terbukti la nape depa nk afghanistan..dirancang rapi seyh..

pinguin

diorg nak harta duania je.. biasalah.. karang akhirat papa kedana

adaraish

Nasib baik malaysia ni tak sekaya afghan , kalu tak senasib lah kita macam depa2 tu.

haniryan

Reply 12# adaraish


    kita dulu2 kaya jugak, tu yang sampai beratus tahun kena jajah, curi getah, perak entah apa lagi tah...tactic nak rompak ialah dengan menjajah....nasib baik minyak lambat sikit dijumpa kat malaysia nia....kalo x, agak2nya sampai kering minyak tu dulu baru depa lepaskan kita

uboat

taktik amerika,zionis ni semua pun tau, merompak dan melanun ja.