ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Robert Friedland ki qaim karda Canadian copper company Ivanhoe Mines ne Balochistan ke zila Chagai mein taanbe aur sone ki talaash ke liye Mari Energies ke saath muahida kiya hai, jo Junoobi Asia mein uska pehla qadam hai.
Mufahimat ki yaaddasht par Jumeraat ko Islamabad mein Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum ke mauqe par dastakhat hue, aur taqreeb mein wafaqi wazir-e-petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik bhi maujood thay. Mari Energies ki mining shaakh Mari Minerals is muahide mein Pakistani shareek hai.
Dono companiyan ilaqe ki madni salahiyat ka jaiza lene aur wahan taanbe aur sone ke zakhair ko taraqqi dene ke mauqe dhoondne ke liye talaash ka kaam karengi. Muahide ki maali sharaait zahir nahin ki gayin.
Pakistan mein daftar
Ivanhoe ke baani aur executive co-chairman Friedland ne kaha ke company Pakistan aane par pur-josh hai aur yahan maqami daftar qaim karne ke ibtidai marahil mein hai. Unhon ne kaha ke Ivanhoe Jumma ko ek aur mufahimat ki yaaddasht par dastakhat karegi, lekin yeh nahin bataya ke kis ke saath.
Vancouver mein qaim Ivanhoe ki sab se badi pehchaan Democratic Republic of Congo mein Kamoa-Kakula copper complex hai, jo duniya ki sab se badi taanbe ki kaanon mein shumaar hota hai. Ab tak iske bade mansoobe Afrika ke junoobi khitte mein rahe hain.
Mari Energies Pakistan mein gas paida karne wali badi companiyon mein se ek hai aur Pakistan Stock Exchange par listed hai. Iski mining shaakh ke paas mulk mein pehle hi taanbe aur sone samet talaash ke kai mansoobe hain.
Chagai ki copper belt
Chagai Tethyan belt par waqe hai, jo taanbe aur sone ke zakhair ki woh patti hai jo Europe se Iran hoti hui Pakistan tak aati hai. Isi zile mein Barrick ke zer-e-intizam Reko Diq mansooba hai, jo duniya mein taanbe aur sone ke sab se bade ghair-taraqqi-yafta zakhair mein se ek hai, aur Saindak ki kaan bhi yahin hai.
Forum se khitab karte hue naib wazir-e-azam Ishaq Dar ne kaha ke Reko Diq ko open-pit kaan ke taur par design kiya gaya hai jo ibtida mein saalana 4 crore 50 lakh ton khaam dhaat process karegi, jo doosre marhale ke baad 9 crore ton ho jayegi, aur iski muddat 37 saal hai jo 80 saal tak badh sakti hai. Unhon ne sarmaya-karon par zor diya ke madniyat ko khaam haalat mein export karne ke bajaye Pakistan mein hi process aur refine kiya jaye.
Unki wazarat ke mutabiq isi roz Ali Pervaiz Malik ne Barrick, engineering group Weir, trading company Trafigura aur Turkey ki Calik Holding ke ohdedaron se mulaqatein keen. Trafigura ne zinc aur barite ke ek mansoobe mein dilchaspi zahir ki, jabke Weir ne kaha ke woh Reko Diq se aage Pakistan ke mining shobe mein bada kirdar chahti hai.
Do roza forum Budh ko shuru hua tha jis mein Pakistan ne ghair-mulki sarmaya-karon ke saamne woh madni zakhair pesh kiye jinki maaliyat hukkaam 8 trillion dollar batate hain. Forum ke aaghaz ki khabar parhein aur sarmaya-karon ke liye subon ki peshkash.
