enhanced_deficit
04-08-2017, 07:00 PM
Is this Afghanistan's "oil" ?
Mostly only opium is advertized as their major financial resource.
Afghanistan dangles lithium wealth to win Trump support
KABUL, Afghanistan — Apr 6, 2017
The Associated Press
WATCH Defense Secretary Carter Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan
The Afghan government is trying to grab the attention of President Donald Trump and gain greater U.S. support by dangling its massive and untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries that is considered essential to modern life.
But tapping into that wealth, which also includes coal, copper, rare earths and far more that estimates say could be worth from $1 trillion to $3 trillion, is likely a long way off.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/afghanistan-dangles-lithium-wealth-win-trump-support-46616010
Mostly only opium is advertized as their major financial resource.
Afghanistan dangles lithium wealth to win Trump support
KABUL, Afghanistan — Apr 6, 2017
The Associated Press
WATCH Defense Secretary Carter Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan
The Afghan government is trying to grab the attention of President Donald Trump and gain greater U.S. support by dangling its massive and untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries that is considered essential to modern life.
But tapping into that wealth, which also includes coal, copper, rare earths and far more that estimates say could be worth from $1 trillion to $3 trillion, is likely a long way off.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/afghanistan-dangles-lithium-wealth-win-trump-support-46616010