Pakistan’s copper exports to China cross $1 billion in 8 months amid surge in processed metal trade

Copper ingot exports rise from $52.8 million in July to $393.1 million in March as industry eyes $2-3 billion export…
US earmarks $1.3b for Reko Diq mining project

Mineral reserves extraction requires total investment of $3.2 billion…
US commits $1.3 billion to Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper and gold project

Funding part of wider Exim-backed critical minerals push as production targeted for 2028…
Chinese firms, Pakistani groups secure mining leases as Reko Diq exports set to begin

PIBT plans to handle up to $5 billion annual mineral exports from Balochistan projects…
Export potential over USD2bn/annum: Special body on gemstone policy highlights issues facing sector

A special committee on Gemstone Policy constituted by the Prime Minister (PM) highlighted the…
Punjab to establish first ‘Salt Village’, pharmaceutical zone

Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif set a new benchmark for governance in the province. She chaired a…
Pakistan moves to cancel 21 LNG cargoes from Eni in major contract rethink

Deal with Italian giant highlights nation’s struggle with a growing gas glut, driven by renewables and weak…
Govt drafting national gemstones policy to formalise $2bn undocumented trade, says SAPM

Policy to grant industry status to gemstone exporters and align sector with global standards…
Pakistan’s New Geoscience Labs to Help Tap Its $6 Trillion Mineral Reserves

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has inaugurated the Geoscience Advanced Research Laboratories of the Geological…
Punjab to start ‘Placer Gold Project’ soon

Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif directed the authorities concerned to officially start ‘Placer Gold…