# Kunduz iron-melting plant opens with 300-tonne daily rebar capacity > Afghanistan’s Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs said the Khatiz Lmar iron-melting plant opened in Kunduz on 17 September. It reported $8.6 million in investment by a foreign company and capacity of 300 metric tonnes of rebar per day. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Business - Country: Afghanistan - Published: 2026-10-07T12:59:35+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-07T12:59:35+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-09-17 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens.md) Afghanistan’s Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs said the Khatiz Lmar iron-melting plant opened in Kunduz on 17 September. It reported $8.6 million in investment by a foreign company and capacity of 300 metric tonnes of rebar per day. The office said the plant had provided jobs for more than 300 Afghan citizens. Capacity and employment figures come from the inauguration announcement, which does not give actual production or independent verification data. ## Data ### Khatiz Lmar rebar capacity Daily capacity reported by DPMEA for the plant opened on 17 September 2026; not actual production volume. Methodology: DPMEA described the plant as a $8.6 million investment with capacity of 300 tonnes of rebar a day. | label | value | unit | period | basis | |---|---|---|---|---| | Daily rebar capacity | 300 | metric tonnes/day | 2026-09-17 | target | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens/data/article-data?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/afghanistan-kunduz-iron-melting-plant-opens/data/article-data?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Afghanistan Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs]() (Source checked: 2026-10-07; Published: 2026-09-22) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)