Aynak copper mine : opportunities and threats for development from a sustainable business perspective : a report / by Integrity Watch Afghanistan ; author Emmanuel Huntzinger.

Cover title.

January 2008.

Integrity Watch Afghanistan = نگاه شفاف به افغانستان—at head of title.

Proprietary 2007, Integrity Watch Afghanistan—running caption.

Summary: Worldwide demand for copper is regularly growing and copper price is stable at a historical high level ; In the meanwhile, copper extraction activities can result in very important impacts on local development, both positive and negative. The way the extraction activities are initially organized can have significant consequences for decades: the set up phase is critical. Large scale activities normally take 10-15 years to set up, while smaller-scale mining helps establish more information about the deposit. But extensive soviet explorations during the 70s make it possible, in the case of Afghanistan, to begin directly with large-scale operations involving the industry's majors—(p. 5).