Photo taken on May 23, 2022 shows a stone processing plant in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
KABUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Afghan caretaker government has announced bidding on the extraction of seven large-scale stone mines, the ministry confirmed on Monday.
The ministry's Directorate of Large-Scale Mines Management has announced the tenders for five marble mines in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Bamiyan, Parwan and Herat provinces, a travertine stone mine in Daykundi province, and a granite mine in Maidan Wardak province, according to the ministry's website.
The tenders for the said mine projects were announced on April 21 this year by the ministry, however, as per the instruction of the minister of mines and petroleum the "tender has been renounced for 30 days starting from May 20."
Interested companies can receive the bidding documents from the ministry's website or visit the ministry's Directorate of Large-Scale Mines Management.
They can submit the bidding documents to the Directorate of Large-Scale Mines Management till June 20, according to the source.
The economic situation in Afghanistan has been worsening with higher unemployment and rising poverty. ■
A man works at a stone processing plant in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
A man works at a stone processing plant in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
A man works at a stone processing plant in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
A man works at a stone processing plant in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)