A July 7 official release announces approval of Afghanistan’s five-year electricity development plan, including 25 generation projects using hydropower, solar, wind and coal.
The programme also includes 13 unfinished and 23 planned transmission-line projects alongside distribution investments. These counts describe a project portfolio, not commissioned capacity or closed financing for every project.
BHP’s August results show strong copper earnings and cost control; an ore-grade scenario isolates how fixed processing energy raises cost per tonne of recovered copper.