About Us
About Us
Who Are We?
Founded in 2008 by the Bangash family, Northwest Minerals (Pvt) Ltd is a premier Pakistani talc trading and exporting company based in Peshawar, the gateway to Afghanistan’s talc-rich regions. Our decade-long presence in the specialty talc market has secured significant stakes in Pakistan and Afghanistan’s most prized talc deposits.
The company has gained distinctive reputation over years of experience in Talc industry, developing a professional reliable supply chain to international talc consumers. To stick to afghan supply evolution and governmental policy NW has created its own entity in Afghanistan: ’’Northwest Afghan Talc Mining & Processing Company”.
Where Do We Operate?
Our operations coverages a strategic location, close to Pak-Afghan border (the famous ‘Khyber Pass’ connecting both countries), Northwest takes extra edge over its competitors in managing talc sources and production site at Jalalabad sorting station.
Referring to regional strategic planning, our facilities are located on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC); which would support further logistics and the development of future industrialization.
Our Mission
“To create optimum value of our products and meet customer demands with responsibility”
OUR COMMITMENTS:
- We focus on portfolio, performance, people and partners.
- Developing trust in the international market with reliability and sustainability.
- Adhering to the environmental, health and safety standards throughout our procurement, processing and exports.
- Creating a business model, providing valued supply chain from mine to Market.
- We trust investing in human resources, uplifting the local community.
- Discovering talents.
WHY US?
- Strategic Partnership: Shareholder in Afghanistan’s best talc deposits.
- Asbestos-Free Products: Ensuring safety and quality.
- Quality First: Uncompromising commitment to excellence.
- Sustainable Solutions: Wide range of talc grades.
- Reliable Supply Chain: Efficient logistics from mine to global ports.
- 10+ Years Experience & Counting: Proven track record in talc handling.
- Global Standards: Adherence to international best practices.
- Passionate Team: Dedicated to excellence in the talc market.
What We Do
Crude talc processing, grading and exporting has been the main Northwest activity since 2008. Meanwhile, by acquiring knowledge in talc business and a decade experience in trading, we have become the leading exporter of high-grade talc from Pakistan, providing long term sustainable supply solutions to our worldwide customers. By acquiring in 2018 a share in the main Afghan Kandwalo talc deposit, NWM has entered in the closed circle of Afghan talc producers.
Since we are primarily engaged in the specialty talc products, Northwest Minerals monitors its supply chain from mine to market. Thanks to our skilled labor’s, supervisors and technical management team our range of specialties are produced through our various processing units at Jalalabad in Afghanistan, Peshawar sorting station and Karachi export facility in Pakistan. This logistic chain has been created to manage the stringent requirements of sophisticated talc applications.
Northwest Minerals extracts and procures its raw material from various fibre-free talc sources. Selectively mined in open pits, the run of mine talc is first roughly hand-picked at mining dumping yard to remove wastes (such as carbonate and country rocks). Upon arrival at Jalalabad processing facility, the raw material is hand-sorted, screened, sized and bagged before being dispatched to Peshawar, Pakistan.
At Peshawar facility, Northwest Minerals quality department conducts systematic sampling and testing on the arrival trucks to characterize the incoming ore (whiteness, b value and loss on ignition). Hand-sorting is conducted for grading according to specific needs of various talc applications in the international market. Fines and grains are also assessed, screened and sized to meet customer demands.
The above production is transported to Karachi export facility at Port Qasim and stored according to grades before shipments to international customers.