Afghanistan has good response on tender for iron-ore deposit

Mining Weekly.com reports that the government of Afghanistan is moving towards finalizing a deal to access the Hajigak iron-ore deposit by 2012.

The editorial is quoted as saying:

There had been a good response from around the world to the re-opened request for expressions of interest process, Colorado-based Gustavson Associates VP Bill Crowl told Mining Weekly Online.

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