October 18, 2026
Ministers Reject Fazl’s Claim That Minerals Drove the KP Takeover
The JUI-F chief has linked the emergency to an attempt to control the province's mineral resources. Two federal ministers called that a politicisation of terrorism.
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July 5, 2026
Balochistan Hosts Its First-Ever Trade and Investment Expo This Month, Showcasing Minerals and Gwadar
The Balochistan Investment and Trade Expo 2026 will be the province's first-ever event of its kind, bringing together investors, diplomats, industrialists, and entrepreneurs to showcase Balochistan's mineral wealth, Gwadar port, and agricultural and tourism potential. The province covers 44 percent of Pakistan's land area and hosts major mining projects including Reko Diq and Saindak, but insurgency and infrastructure gaps have historically kept investment far below the resource base.
Trump expands critical minerals list to copper, coal and uranium
A general view of the White House as U.S. President Donald Trump’s motorcade returns after a trip to Trump National Golf Club, in Washington, DC, U.S., July 20, 2025. — Reuters Outline a plan to push the US to secure supplies. Copper vital for electric vehicles, power grids, data centers. Coal Met aligns with Trump’s fossil fuel support. The Trump administration on Thursday added 10 minerals to a list it considers essential to the U.S. economy and national security, including copper, vital to electric vehicles, power grids and data centers, and metallurgical coal, used to make coke fuel for steelmaking.
US, Pakistan explore cooperation on critical minerals, sustainable investments
Finance and Revenue Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb (centre) during the meeting in Islamabad on October 31, 2025. — X@Financegovpk ISLAMABAD: In a bid to deepen bilateral cooperation in Pakistan’s rapidly emerging minerals sector, Critical Minerals Forum (US) Chairman Robert Louis Strayer II and US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker on Friday met with Finance and Revenue Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb. Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in the exploration of critical minerals, ensuring supply chain security and promoting responsible, sustainable investment to unlock Pakistan’s vast mineral potential. Both sides expressed their commitment to continued engagement and cooperation in the minerals sector, in
Pakistan Melania with US company Metal Company in critical minerals
The representation of the image shows flags of Pakistan and the United States. – Apply/file The American strategic metals signs of memoranda with Pakistan’s FWO. The envoy highlights the power of US-Pakistan bonds. The Mou focuses on critical minerals for advanced technologies. Islamabad: Pakistan signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) on Monday with US strategic metals (USSM), an American metal company, to enhance mineral cooperation. The deal was signed between USSM and Pakistani’s Frontier Works Organization (FWO) to Prime Minister’s Prime Minister, with the deputy head of mission Zach Harkenrider accompanying the visitor, said the press release issued by the
June 4, 2025
The alarm as the critical ban on the extraction of China’s minerals remains
WASHINGTON: The alarm on China’s strangulation in critical minerals increased on Tuesday, as global automakers joined their US counterparts to protest that China’s restrictions on exports of rare earths, mixes and magnets could not be exported. German automakers have become the latter to warn that China’s export restrictions threaten to close production and hit their local economies after a similar complaint from an Indian EV manufacturer last week. China’s decision in April to suspend the exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets has increased the supply chains that are central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and
May 2, 2025
Zelensky really greets the minerals who deal with us
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at a press conference after bilateral talks with the Swiss delegation on Monday, January 15, 2024, in Kehrsatz near Berne, Switzerland. – Reuters KIEB: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed a new mineral agreement with the United States, calling it a “truly equal” partnership that offers common benefits on both sides. His comments came just hours after the Russian rocket strike, killed two people and injured 15 others in response to the agreement signed on Wednesday, which aims to jointly develop Ukraine’s critical fundraisers. The deal, which took months for negotiation, would see the United States
May 1, 2025
Finally, we, Ukraine signs mineral minerals after delays
US Secretary of Finance Scott Bessent attends a meeting of the cabinet held by US President Donald Trump in White House in Washington, DC, USA, April 30, 2025. – Reuters The US Finance Minister announces the signing of the agreement in Washington. He says he showed the commitment of the two sides to last peace in Ukraine. The deal shows Trump Admin’s commitment to Free Ukraine: Bessent. Washington: The United States and Ukraine signed a mineral agreement on Wednesday after a two -month delay in what President Donald Trump has called on a new form of US commitment to Kiev
This, minerals may be Pakistan’s “Moment of Singapore”, says Aurangzeb
A ruthless picture of Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaking during an interview. – AFP/file Finmin says that interest rates, lower inflation in economic fuel recovery. It says that global interest in Pakistan’s minerals and IT sectors are increasing. “If we cannot return the country’s investors in time, we cannot proceed.” Lahore: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Saturday that the IT and mineral sectors would be games for Pakistan’s economy, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif leading efforts to deliver results shortly by references to parallels. He was talking to the business community at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry
March 4, 2025
The US can use Pakistan’s critical minerals
Listen to the article Pakistani hairs with mineral mountains containing elements of lithium, copper and rare land (Rees) and others that are critical to electric vehicles, semiconductors, aerospace and defense industry, but for the lack of proper funding and infrastructure, these resources remain. The growing focus of the Pakistani government on infrastructure and mining sector makes the country open for direct foreign investment (FDI). This is where the US has the opportunity to act before other countries to better use these resources. When it comes to the country’s underdeveloped mining industry, the country’s mining hair with a number of the
