tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664474623650181692.post5746821929305064779..comments2023-08-29T04:48:14.525-07:00Comments on pakpotpourri2: JEWEL IN THE CROWN : SOLD FOR A SONG :Dr. Babur ZahiruddinYASMEEN ALIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748945833762147296noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664474623650181692.post-44083794966166534492010-07-04T13:41:20.030-07:002010-07-04T13:41:20.030-07:00It is mind boggling and most tragic how rulers of ...It is mind boggling and most tragic how rulers of this hapless country have been and are wasting the precious national resources. People of Pakistan will have to rise and lynch these scoundrels.haidre2003https://www.blogger.com/profile/07964727085119564750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664474623650181692.post-67534871166617195422010-07-04T12:13:33.885-07:002010-07-04T12:13:33.885-07:00eko Diq can be used to retire Pakistan’s total deb...eko Diq can be used to retire Pakistan’s total debt, break off the shackles of the IMF and throw out the Kerry Lugar Bill and its intrusive authors.<br /><br />One of Mr. Zardari’s first acts in office was to replace the Chinese company’s contract on Riq Diq, and offer it to a company which had questionable contact in Israel and India. According to news sources, the Indian company’s contract has been canceled and it not being allowed to mine the gold.<br />Though the actual size of Reko Diq deposits is yet to be confirmed, experts believe they are bigger than at Sarcheshmeh in Iran’s Kerman province and at Escondida in Chile. With1.2 billion tonnes of resources, Sarcheshmeh is a large open-cast copper mine and is considered to be the world’s second-largest copper deposit. Escondida, with 57.6 million tonnes of resources, is the world’s highest producing copper mine.<br />Like Escondida, Reko Diq could become an important part of the national as well as provincial economy. In 2007, Escondida produced 1.48 million tonnes of copper, mainly as copper concentrate, worth $10.12 billion. As a result of extensive drilling in the Reko Diq area, about 167 million tonnes of copper ore reserves have been proved.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13304208504285572733noreply@blogger.com