3. COAL MINING AND FUTURE OF ENERGY IN AFGHANISTAN

AFGANİSTAN'DA KÖMÜR MADENCİLİĞİ VE ENERJİNİN GELECEĞİ

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This research was a review of Afghanistan's coal mining and its actual and potential uses. The research done on coal mines in Afghanistan to determine its quantity and quality is at a very basic level. The results obtained from this research show that in recent years, the process of coal mining in Afghanistan has increased due to the increase in exports and domestic use. Selling coal for less than half the world price of extracting and using this resource does not create the necessary economic benefit for the country's economy, and this resource is rapidly eroding. Another finding of this research about the alternative uses of coal shows that in addition to being used for heating houses, coal can be used in iron smelting, electricity production, and cement production industries, which were far more economically advantageous and Economic development, self-sufficiency and sustainable development of this country helps. According to the results of this research, the lack of developing a strategy for the extraction of coal mines, the lack of investment for the construction of infrastructures, non-professional extraction, the lack of treatment centers, the reduction of export tariffs, illegal extraction and coal smuggling are among the problems in This is the sector.