Three plants to be converted to Thar Coal
The government of Pakistan is planning on the conversion of three major plants that are running on imported coal, to Thar coal. This decision was taken when the Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal made an official visit to China. He has been assigned responsibility to engage the leadership of National Development and […]
Chinese MCC interested in Pakistan’s mineral sector
A delegation from the Chinese company “Metallurgical Corporation of China” (MCC) led by its chairman Wang Jaicheng met with the Prime Minister Shehbaz Shareef where the company showed keen interest in increasing its investment in the mineral and mining sector in Pakistan. The company presented a detailed plan to the PM related to the construction […]
Work to begin on Azad Pattan and Kohala projects
Sinosure, a major Chinese insurance company has shown visible interest in the implementation of 700-MW Azad Pattan Hydropower Project and 1124-MW Kohala Hydropower Project worth billions of dollars on the guidance from Beijing. The government of Pakistan had been making efforts for the commencement of both of these significant hydel power projects but the said […]
OGDCL announces increased production at Nashpa Well
A significant production enhancement has been announced by the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) at Nashpa Well-10 which is situated in the Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This has been decided according to the production enhancement strategy devised by OGDCL according to which the company has implemented perfect intervention techniques in various formations […]