Pakistan, May 23 -- In a major development for Pakistan's mining and mineral sector, Pakistan's Pak Salt Corporation (Private) Limited (PSC) has signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China National Salt Industry Group (CNSIG) to strengthen long-term collaboration in the development, processing and international commercialisation of Pakistan's rock salt resources.

Pakistan's rock salt has long had global recognition, but the country has not always captured the full value of its own resource. The higher profits are not made merely by extracting salt; they are made through scientific mining, processing, packaging, branding and access to organised global supply chains.

The agreement was signed at the Embassy of Pakistan in...