Afghanistan has natural gas, oil, coal, marble, gold, copper, chromite, talc, barite, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semi-precious stones. Almost all metals are solid, shiny, and white-gray. Afghanistan is an agricultural country with a high livestock capacity. The base metals industry is the most important export industry in the Middle East after oil and petrochemicals. The high quality of Iranian goods compared to Pakistani goods, the insecurity of Pakistani roads are the reasons for the increase in Iran's exports to Afghanistan. Algeria, located in North Africa, has a diverse range of mineral resources, including metals

• Afghanistan Steel Market
• Afghanistan Copper Market
• Afghanistan Aluminum Market
• Afghanistan Silver Market
• Afghanistan Gold Market
• Afghanistan Zinc Market

The original locality for lapis lazuli is the Sar-e-Sang deposit in Afghanistan's remote Badakhshan district. In the Achaemenid period, azure was called "Kabutkeh". In the Sassanid period, azure was consumed a lot. The roof of Ctesiphon, as well as various sculptures, is made of azure; it is possible that they used azurite instead of azure in making these works. 

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Many global mining experts predict that at current consumption rates, the planet's economy over the next 70 years will undermine the current known reserves, which are likely to consume half of the world's current metals. Shortly, increasing dependence on essential mineral imports, plus global competition for scarce resource resources, will increase prices and bargain for exporting countries.

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Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79 and is one of the elements with high atomic number that exists in nature. Gold is pure, a shiny metal, reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and flexible.

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Zinc is found in several ores, the principal ones being zinc blende (zinc sulfide) and calamine (zinc silicate). The principal mining areas are in China, Australia and Peru. Commercially, zinc is obtained from its ores by concentrating and roasting the ore, then reducing it to zinc by heating with carbon or by electrolysis. World production is more than 11 million tonnes a year. 

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The interesting thing about silver is that today, the metal is used for solder and solder alloys, ‎batteries, dentistry, LED chips, nuclear reactors, photovoltaic (or solar) energy, RFID chips to ‎track packages or shipments worldwide, Semiconductors, touch screens, wood preservatives, ‎and many other industrial applications.‎

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When the concentration of aluminum in the environment increases, it has severe effects on human health. Water-soluble aluminum is dangerous. Particles of aluminum that dissolve in water are called ionic particles, for example, aluminum chloride. Other ways to increase the amount of aluminum in the body are to breathe and make skin-to-skin contact with aluminum. 

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About two-thirds of the earth's copper is found in igneous rocks, and about a quarter occurs in sedimentary rocks. This metal is flexible and flexible and conducts heat and electricity well, which is why it is widely used in electronics and wiring.

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In 2010, US Pentagon officials, along with US geologists, uncovered approximately $ 1 trillion in untapped mineral reserves in Afghanistan. A Pentagon note says Afghanistan could become Saudi Arabia's lithium. Some believe that intact minerals are worth up to $ 3 trillion.

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Afghanistan is estimated to have trillions of dollars worth of rare earth metals, and countries — such as China — that may be looking to swoop in on the country must follow international terms, one analyst told CNBC. Shamaila Khan, director of emerging market debt at said the Taliban insurgents have emerged with resources that are a “very dangerous proposition for the world,” with minerals in Afghanistan that “can be exploited. Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Islamist militant group over the weekend, as it seized the capital of Kabul as well as the Presidential Palace. troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban made stunning battlefield advances — and nearly the whole nation is now under the control. Afghanistan has rare earth elements such as lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, and veins of aluminium, gold, silver, zinc, mercury, and lithium, according to Katawazai. Only hours after the Taliban overran Afghanistan, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Beijing was ready for cooperation with Afghanistan. “On the basis of fully respecting the sovereignty of Afghanistan and the will of all factions in the country, China has maintained contact and communication with the Afghan Taliban and played a constructive role in promoting the political settlement of the Afghan issue,” said spokeswoman Hua Chunying at a press conference on Monday. According to Hua, the Taliban said “on multiple that it “looks forward to China’s participation in reconstruction and development. “We are ready to continue to develop and friendly cooperation with Afghanistan and play a constructive role in peace and Hua said. In late July, before the latest blitz across Afghanistan, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with a delegation led by the head of the Afghan Taliban political committee Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Tianjin.
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The United States has pulled out of Afghanistan. But 11 years ago, Pentagon officials and American geologists discovered nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits there, including elements and metals that are needed to power the growing tech economy. “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal spoke with Guillaume Pitron, a French journalist and author of “The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital about the geopolitics of rare materials. Guillaume Pitron: [Afghanistan] is said to be a country where you can find lots of copper, lots of lithium, rare earths elements, platinum, bauxite and other resources of this kind. Kai Ryssdal: And the net worth, as it were, of those things even in the ground, before we get to actually getting them out of the ground in Afghanistan, the thing that makes it dynamic right now, is that we more than ever depend on those minerals — the lithium and the cobalt and all of that — for batteries and all of the things we need for this economy right now. And Afghanistan has these resources. But the question is, how are we going to be able to extract these resources at an acceptable cost? Afghanistan is a country which has been undergoing wars for decades. Afghanistan is a corrupt country. And this is a reason why the Chinese publicly said they will be happy to help Afghanistan with investing in Afghanistan infrastructure networks. The Chinese have tried for many years to extract copper out of a copper mine south of Kabul. So you can imagine the task and the challenge for the Chinese and other countries to actually being able to successfully invest in Afghanistan and get anything out of the ground of this country. and most of Europe is not in the foreseeable future going to have business dealings with Afghanistan, as it’s run by the Taliban, but the Chinese are and the Russians might, that’s a balance of power thing. And China has been dominating the critical, rare strategic metals market for the last decades. So the fact that this potential is available, at least potentially to the Chinese, shows that after the 19th century, which was dominated by the English with the coal industry, and the 20th century, which was dominated by the Americans, thanks to their domination of the oil industry, then we’re moving to an age of where the Chinese are already controlling the metals industry for the [inaudible] energy revolution.
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An Afghan miner pushes a wagon at the Karkar coal mine in Pul-i-Kumri, about 170km north of Kabul, March 8, 2009. Aug 19 (Reuters) - Returning to power in Afghanistan after a 20-year absence, the Taliban have regained control of natural resources that a former mines minister of the country once said could be worth up to $3 trillion. Afghanistan is rich in resources like copper, gold, oil, natural gas, uranium, bauxite, coal, iron ore, rare earths, lithium, chromium, lead, zinc, gemstones, talc, sulphur, travertine, gypsum and marble. Below is a breakdown of some of key resources, as estimated by the country's mining ministry and the U. A 2019 report by Ministry of Mines and Petroleum put the country's copper resource at almost 30 million tonnes. OTHER METALS The 2019 report also said Afghanistan had more than 2. Gold resources were much more modest at an estimated 2,700 kg, worth almost $170 million, while the Afghan ministry also said base metals aluminium, tin, lead and zinc were "located in multiple areas of the country. S Department of Defense memo in 2010 reportedly described Afghanistan as "the Saudi Arabia of lithium," meaning it could be as crucial for global supply of the battery metal as the Middle Eastern country is for crude oil. Geological Survey notes Afghanistan has deposits of spodumene, a mineral, but does not provide tonnage estimates, while the 2019 Afghan report makes no mention of lithium at all. The 2019 mines ministry report does, however, say Afghanistan holds 1. With Iran and Turkmenistan to its west, Afghanistan harbours around 1. Afghanistan has historically been a major source of lapis lazuli, a deep blue, semi-precious stone that has been mined in the country's northern Badakhshan province for thousands of years, as well as other gemstones such as rubies and emeralds. The finest grades of lapis lazuli can fetch up to $150 per carat, according to the 2019 Afghan report, which notes, however, that the majority of gemstones mined in the country leave the country illegally, mostly to Peshawar in Pakistan, denying Afghanistan vital revenue.
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(Kitco News) Increased geopolitical tensions surrounding developments in Afghanistan are unlikely to kickstart a new rally in gold, but there are a few key risks to watch, said MKS PAMP Group. When it comes to geopolitical flare-ups and gold, traders are more likely to benefit from being short on de-escalation than from being long on escalation, said MKS PAMP Group head of metals strategy Nicky Shiels. "The escalation of events in Afghanistan should not really impact the Gold prices; historically and on average, any rally (in oil or Gold) on geopolitical risk provides a better risk-reward opportunity in being short (on de-escalation) vs. And even though the market is starting to price the Afghanistan risk, the gold space is yet to react. "The market is now adding the situation in Afghanistan to their list of global concerns - including a growth slowdown in Asia (due to 'zero-COVID' policy lockdowns) and a Fed taper - to monitor. "The effect should be muted across geopolitical hedges (risk, Gold & Oil) given Afghanistan's macro/economic connection to the broader markets is tiny. A few factors could trigger a more significant move in gold, MKS head of metals highlighted. Market participants also can't forget that Afghanistan owns more than 700,000 ounces of gold.
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