ISLAMABAD: Managing Director (MD) Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) Engr. Asad Ahmed said on Tuesday that PMDC and an American firm, Miracle Saltworks Collective Incorporation (MSCI) signed an agreement for the value addition of Himalayan Pink Salt to increase its exports.
Talking to media briefing along representative of the American firm, Miracle Saltworks Collective Incorporation here, the MD said the government was prioritizing the mineral sector to yield desirous results to bring change in the lifestyle of the local community. The Managing Director and President of Miracle Saltworks Collective Inc Ahmed Nadeem Khan signed the agreement. He said the agreement represented the culmination of excessive collaboration between the partners and thanked the petroleum ministry and SIFC for effective coordination and cooperation. Terming the signing agreement a great milestone, he said that a joint venture company would be constituted comprising on seven boards of directors as four from mineral salts and three from PMDC to complete flexibility report within nine months. He said that PMDC and MSCI officials have formalized their partnership to establish a state-of-the-art Pink Rock Salt Crushing and Packaging facility dedicated in exporting salt-based products to international markets. –Agencies
