KABUL, Jun 5 (NNN-ANA) – The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Afghan caretaker government, announced bidding on five small-scale mines, in the country’s southern Kandahar province, the ministry confirmed today.
The ministry’s General Directorate of Mineral Management, invites tenders for five talcium stone, fluoride, and pink quartz mines in Nesh and Khakrez districts, in the north of the provincial capital Kandahar city, according to the ministry’s website.
Interested companies can get the bidding documents from the ministry’s website, or visit the ministry’s General Directorate of Mineral Management, and submit the bidding documents to the ministry until July 7, according to the source.
The economic situation in Afghanistan has been worsening with higher unemployment and rising poverty.– NNN-ANA