User:Saad31/Mining in Pakistan

Mining is an important industry in Pakistan. Paksitan have deposites of several minerals including coal, copper, gold, chromite, mineral salt, bauxite and several other mierals.There are also a variety of precious and semi precious minerals also minned. These includes peridot, aquamarine, topaz, ruby, emerald, rare-earth minerals bastnaesite and xenotime, sphene, tourmaline, and many varieties and types of quartz.

The Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation is responsible authority for support and develop mining industry.Gemstones Corporation of Pakistan  looks after the interest of stake holders in gem stone mining and polishing as an official entity. Baluchistan is the richest province in terms of mineral resources availible in Pakistan. While recently Sindh discovered coal dposits in Thar. Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa is rich in terms of gems. Most of the mineral gems found in Pakistan exists here. Apart from Oil, gas and some mineral used in nuclear energy purposes which comes directly under fedral control mining of other minerals is provincial issue. Currently around 52 minerals, minned and process in Pakistan

Coal
Coal which is also named as black gold is found into huge quantities in Thar ,Chamalang, Quetta and other sites. Thar reserves are estimated 850 Trillion Cubic Feet.

Mineral Salt
Salt is being minned in the region since 320 BC. Khewra Salt Mines are among world oldest and biggest salt mines.Salt has been mined at Khewra since 320 BC, in an underground area of about 110 km2. Khewra salt mine has estimated total of 220 million tonnes of rock salt deposits. The current production from the mine is 325,000 tons salt per annum.

Copper & Gold
In Reqo Diq, Baluchistan deposits of copper and gold are present. Antofagasta the company having possesion of Reqo Diq field is targeting initial production of 170,000 metric tons of copper and 300,000 ounces of gold a year.The project may produce more than 350,000 tons a year of copper and 900,000 ounces of gold. . There are also presense of copper deposites in Daht -e- Kuhn, Nokundi , Located in Chaghi district.

Gems and other precious stones
A number of precious stones are minned and polished for local as well as export purposes. The centre point of this operation is Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa. These includes Actinolite, Hessonite, Rodingite, Agate, Idocrase, Rutile, Aquamarine, Jadeite, Ruby, Amazonite, Kunzite, Serpentine, Azurite, Kyanite, Spessartine (garnet), Beryl, Marganite, Spinel, Emerald, Moonstone, Topaz, Epidote, Pargasite, Tourmaline, Garnet (alamandine), Peridot, Turquoise, Garnet (green, grossular), Quartz (citrin & others) and Vesuvianite. The export from these gems is more than 200 Million dollar