{"id":15256,"date":"2026-06-15T11:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/15\/uzbek-companies-invest-afghanistan-gold-copper-mines\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:49:33","slug":"uzbek-companies-invest-afghanistan-gold-copper-mines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/15\/uzbek-companies-invest-afghanistan-gold-copper-mines\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbek Companies Express Interest in Investing in Afghanistan&#8217;s Gold and Copper Mines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives of the Uzbek companies Ceramic Tua Hua LLC and Bekobode FRP Pipe Products met with Abdul Rahman Qanat, Deputy Minister of Mines and Petroleum under the Taliban administration, to express their readiness and interest in investing in Afghanistan&#8217;s gold and copper mines.<\/p>\n<p>According to information released by the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, the meeting focused on investment opportunities in the mining extraction and processing sectors. Both parties discussed the framework for technical cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Mines stated that it is providing necessary facilities to attract foreign investors. Technical teams from both sides are scheduled to hold joint meetings regarding mining contracts, extraction methods, and mineral processing procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan possesses significant gold and copper reserves across various provinces; however, the lack of transparency in contracts and concerns about natural resource management under the Taliban administration have been ongoing topics among economic experts. Analysts emphasize that any investment in this sector requires clear mechanisms, accountability, and guarantees for the country&#8217;s national interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbek companies show interest in investing in Afghanistan&#8217;s gold and copper mines, with talks on cooperation and contract frameworks underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}