The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs on Monday announced the names of companies that won the contracts to mine and process of iron ore in Herat and lead in Ghor.
The office said in a statement that extraction of the first block of the iron mine in Ghorian district will be carried out by Watan Durakhshan company. An Iranian company has a 70% stake in this company.
The second block of the mine in Ghorian district has been given to Sahil Sharq Miana Company in which Afghan Dara-e-Noor Company and a Turkish company have 15% shares.
The third block of the mine has been given to a company called Shamsh Melli in which the British companies GBM and AD Resources have 35% shares.
The fourth block of the mine has been given to Bakhtar Foulad Company, in which Iranian companies Sepahan and Parsian have 49% shares.
According to the statement, a block of the lead mine in Tulak district of Ghor province was given to Afghan Invest company.
The statement added that the revenues of these mines will be spent on public benefit projects and most of it will be allocated to domestic electricity production.
