Mining companies of Pakistan

K 

1. Khewra Salt Mine 

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2. Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd 

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3. Saindak Copper Gold Project

Khewra Salt Mine

A View Of Khewra Salt Mine

The Khewra Salt Mine (or Mayo Salt Mine) is situated in Khewra, north of Pind Dadan Khan, a managerial subdivision of Jhelum District, Punjab Region, Pakistan, which ascends from the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It is Pakistan's biggest and most seasoned salt mine and the world's second largest. It is a noteworthy vacation spot, attracting up to 250,000 guests a year.Its history goes back to its disclosure by Alexander's troops in 320 BC, however it began exchanging the Mughal era. The principle burrow at ground level was created by Dr. H. Warth, a mining engineer, in 1872 amid British standard. After autonomy, the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation assumed control over the mine, which even now remains the biggest wellspring of salt in the nation, delivering more than 350,000 tons for each annum of around 99% unadulterated halite. Estimates of the stores of salt in the mine fluctuate from 82 million tons to 600 million tons.

Saindak Copper Gold Project

Gold MineInfo Saindak Copper-Gold Project 
Location
Location Saindak, Chagai District
Balochistan
Country Pakistan
Production
Products Copper, Gold, Silver
History
Opened 1995
Owner
Company Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd.
Saindak Metals Ltd.
Saindak Copper-Gold Mine is located close to Saindak city in Chagai District of Balochistan, Pakistan. The discovery of copper deposits at Saindak was made within the Nineteen Seventies together with a Chinese engineering firm. The Saindak Copper-Gold Project was set up by Saindak Metals Ltd, a company fully owned by the govt of Asian country, by the end of 1995 at a price of PKR 13.5 billion.

Pakistan and China signed a formal contract price $350 million for development of Saindak Copper-Gold mine. The mine was leased for a 10-year amount to science Corporation of China Ltd. (MCC), a subsidiary of the China Metallurgicalcluster Corporation.






HistoryTrial production at the Saindak Copper-Gold project started in 1995 with commitment of funding from the Government of Pakistan. The four-month trial operation had a monthly production rate of 1700 tonnes of copper, 6000 oz of gold, 12000 oz. of silver. A 50MW power plant was constructed at Saindak with aid grants from FRG and France. German and French aid grants and the Balochistan government also funded the majority water system system of thirty two,000 tonnes of daily drinking water, water treatment plant, warehouse, workshops, laboratories, storage, airport and railroad link with ECO main road. The Balochistan government also endowed funds in building a administrative district with colleges, hospitals, shopping plazas, streets, lighting and water pipelines for over 2000 residents.

After the construction of the infrastructure and also the experimentation, the project was to be operated by Saindak Metals Ltd, a company owned by the Pakistan government. The federal government was to supply funding for operations of the mine through Saindak Metals. Proceeds from the mine were then to be split between the provincial government of Balochistan and the central of Pakistan. However, the PKR 17 Billion needed to begin operationsweren't received thanks to political wrangle and officialdom delays.[1] As a result, after the 1995 trial run, the project faltered for a number of years.

In 2002, the Government of Pakistan invited foreign investors to supply funding for the project. The Pakistan government awarded the mining project to the science Corporation of China (MCC) Ltd beneath a 10-year lease due to expire in Gregorian calendar month 2012. MCC is a subsidiary of the Chinese government owned company, China Metallurgical cluster Corporation. Under the terms of the deal, MCC paid an annual rent of $500,000 for the mine to the Government of Pakistan.

As per the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package, the federal government agreed to transfer a majority of its holdings in Saindak Metals Ltd to the provincial government. The Balochistan government would then receive 35% of the takings from the mine. However, this transfer of shares was stalled when the central demanded that Saindak Metals 1st repay PKR twenty nine Billion to the federal government that the govt. had endowed in Saindak Metals. The company repaid PKR 6 billion to the central then again ran out of funds. So it offered the federal government an extra two hundredth stake within the company (for another 100% of takings from the mine) in part of the remaining loan quantity. However, the Pakistan government has refused to transfer the shares in the company to the Balochistan government.

Another cause for concern for the provincial government has been over mining of resources from Saindak. With MCC mining more ore from the mine than originally calculable, Balochistan was concerned that there would be fewer years of life in the mine once it receives possession.


Mine Stats 


The Saindak mine was evaluated to have metal stores of 412 million tons containing all things considered 0.5 gram of gold for every ton and 1.5 grams of silver for every ton. As indicated by authority appraises, the task has the ability to create 15,800 ton of rankle copper every year, containing 1.5 ton of gold and 2.8 ton of silver.

History

Pakistan Coal Mines and Resources

Pakistan's largest coal reserves are found in Sindh with approximately 184.623 billion tonnes.

Region	Coal (billion tonnes)
Sindh: Lakhra, SondaThatta, Jherruck, Thar, Haji Coal others	184.623
Punjab: Eastern Salt Range, Central Salt Range, Makerwal	0.235
Baluchistan: Khost-Sharig-Harnai,Sor Range/Degari, Duki, Mach- Kingri, Musakhel Abegum, Pir Ismail Ziarat,Chamalong	0.217
KPK:	0.091
AJK:	0.009
Grand total	185.175

Contents

  

• 1Coal outside Duki
• 2Musakhael Coal
• 3See also
• 4References

Coal outside Duki

Duki the tehsil of district loralai in province Balochistan,is rich with high quality Coal with highest rate of extraction throughout Pakistan. Coal is the main business of the area. More than 80% of local population is directly related to the coal business. 100% conduction of the coal business is in private hands but all of them are individuals and no company has ever invested in it. Almost all the Pushtun tribes in Duki including Nasar, Tareen, Luni, Dumar and many others, do this business. Nasar tribe has much hold of this business as they are considered the master miners and businessmen. At least 3000 metric tons of Coal of different quality is transported to Punjab Province of Pakistan to be used in Brick kilns or Cement factories there. At least 1000 mines are functioning. The smallest seam in size is 6 inches and largest seam size is almost 9 feet. On average it is 3 feet. The best quality seam is known locally as " Top". Other are "Qudrathi", "Salati",etc. There are big local coal tycoons like Akbar Kamalkhail Nasar, Sardar Ansari, Sardar masoom khan tareen, Akbar Uskhail Nasar, tekadat Atha Muhammad Nasar etc. Others are small business holders locally named as Petti Tekadar because they don't own the land they extract. They just have taken it on commission from the land owner. Akhtar Muhammad nicknamed as Akhtarai forexample the biggest Petti Takadar in Lashkar area in Nasar Abad and Janan Tekadar in Janan Area.

Duki is the best ever privately run mining Valley in Pakistan.At least 50 million rupees business is done on the daily routine. more than 50% labour is from Afghanistan. Per day income of the labour on average in mining .Qudrati seem is best in Duki distrec abd more other

Musakhael Coal

Kingri sub-Tehsil of Musakhel District is located on borders of Punjab Province. Kingri area is well known for its natural proven coal reserves. In early 1980s coal exploration started but due to unavailability of proper road structure, the project was stopped. In President Musharaf's regime the road problems from Fort Minro to Kingri was met with, and now the area is connected to the rest of the country for business and travel. The area possesses two different seems, one coming from Chamalang and other from Duki. The Hills having coal are hard and supportive to mining. Fifty plus mines are now operating in the area to full fill the energy requirements of the country. Aram in Kingri has excellent coal and charcoal reserves, available just at the depth of 30 feet. The specifications of Kingri coal are as:

Contents	Value
Moisture	3.67
Volatile Matter	38.05
Ash	9.1
Fixed Carbon	54.32
Total Sulfur	5.98
Calorific Value LB	13221

The United Musakhel Mining Company (Pvt) Limited offers to investors from within the country and abroad to invest in coal mining to reduce energy crises in Pakistan. The company has 7100 Acres of coal mining area under its control, in Kingri District Musakhel.