Pakistan's state minister for interior said authorities have bolstered security for the Saindak Copper-Gold Project, Pakistan's largest Chinese-operated copper and gold mine, after Saindak Metals Ltd. expressed concerns with local security conditions in the restive Balochistan province, Reuters reported on July 15. The comments were made in response to a July 15 Financial Times report claiming the managing director of Saindak Metals had told Pakistan's energy ministry in a June 29 letter that the company may have to halt operations at the Saindak project within a month should militant attacks continue — though the managing director has since disputed the accuracy of the report, saying there is "no possibility" the project will shut down.