China taps huge copper reserves in Afghanistan

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Sat, 10/31/2009 - 19:10

At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war.


 

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