COAL MINING AND FUTURE OF ENERGY IN AFGHANISTAN

Year 2023, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 39 - 45

Jamaluddin Jamal Shiraqa Khatami

Abstract

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 review article about the alternative uses of coal. Specifically, coal has proven to be a valuable resource in various industries such as iron smelting, electricity generation, and cement production. These alternative uses have yielded significant economic benefits, contributing to the overall development, self-sufficiency, and sustainable economic development of the country. According to the results of this review article, the lack of developing a strategy for the extraction of coal mines, the lack of investment for the construction of infrastructures, non-professional extraction, and lack of treatment centers, the reduction of export tariffs, illegal extraction and coal smuggling are among most important problems in coal mining industry.

Keywords

Coal, Coal mining, Energy, Afghanistan

AFGANİSTAN'DA KÖMÜR MADENCİLİĞİ VE ENERJİNİN GELECEĞİ

Abstract

Bu araştırma, Afganistan'daki kömür madenciliği ve onun fiili ve potansiyel kullanımlarının bir incelemesidir. Afganistan'daki kömür madenlerinin nicelik ve niteliğini belirlemek için yapılan araştırmalar çok temel düzeydedir. Bu araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlar, son yıllarda ihracatın ve yerli kullanımın artması nedeniyle Afganistan'da kömür madenciliği sürecinin arttığını göstermektedir. Kömürün dünya fiyatının yarısından daha ucuza satılması ve bu kaynağın kullanılması ülke ekonomisi için gerekli ekonomik faydayı yaratmamakta ve bu kaynak hızla erozyona uğramaktadır. Kömürün alternatif kullanımlarıyla ilgili bu derleme makalenin bir başka bulgusu, özellikle kömürün demir eritme, elektrik üretimi ve çimento üretimi gibi çeşitli endüstrilerde değerli bir kaynak olduğu kanıtlanmıştır. Bu alternatif kullanımlar, ülkenin genel kalkınmasına, kendi kendine yeterliliğine ve sürdürülebilir ekonomik kalkınmasına katkıda bulunarak önemli ekonomik faydalar sağlamıştır. Bu inceleme makalesinin sonuçlarına göre, kömür madenlerinin çıkarılması için bir strateji geliştirilmemesi, altyapı inşaatı için yatırım yapılmaması, profesyonel olmayan çıkarma ve arıtma merkezlerinin olmaması, ihracat tarifelerinin düşürülmesi, yasadışı madencilik ve kömür kaçakçılığı, kömür madenciliği sektörünün en önemli sorunları arasında yer almaktadır.

Keywords

Kömür, Kömür madenciliği, Enerji, Afganistan

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