Pakistan approves $390M plan to build rail tracks from Balochistan mines

The multi-billion-dollar Reko Diq copper and gold reserve is located in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, near the border with Afghanistan. (Image courtesy of Tethyan Copper Company Pakistan)

Pakistan has approved a proposal of bridge financing worth $390 million to lay railway tracks that would be used to transport large volumes of export material from mines in Balochistan, a government statement said on Thursday.

(By Ariba Shahid and Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by Aidan Lewis)

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