Afghanistan: Is There Still Hope for China, Afghanistan’s Long-Stalled US$3 Billion Copper Mining Deal?

May 12, 2017 | Laura Zhou, South China Morning Post
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Efforts are being made to resolve a stalled copper mining deal between China and Afghanistan, a decade after the US$3 billion contract was signed, according to Afghanistan’s top envoy to China. However, it is still too early to abandon hope that state-owned China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) will fully implement the agreement calling for development of the copper mine south of Kabul, because the completed project would be a win-win for both sides, Janan Mosazai told the Post in an exclusive interview in Beijing.