Decorative stone mines to the private sector
Managing Director of Iran International Stone Exhibition: Government should provide conditions for mining to be privatized. The government should disclose the terms of the transfer under the law, for example, if someone discovered a mine and worked on it for three or five years, the mine would be left to him, and the government would receive the money from the miner in multi-year installments.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, Behnam Nikfar, director of Iran's International Stone Exhibition, said in an exclusive interview with the Iranian Stone News Agency: "According to the interpretation that is provided by law, all existing stone mines are part of Anfal. Obviously, mining in the form of hills and mountains in the heart of nature is part of Anfal, but when one invests and explores a mine and works on it for ten or five years, his investment needs attention. And use other terms for this mine.
He added: "So far only a very small percentage of existing mines have been explored in Iran; if the investment of an individual trying to explore is ignored, the future of new mines in Iran cannot be hoped for."
Nikfar said at present what is in the hands of Iranian miners is the exploitation license, which the exploitation permit alone cannot provide the security needed for long-term investment in the mine.
Ensure investment in mines
Managing Director of Iran International Stone Exhibition noted: For several reasons we see some mines being stopped. Environment, natural resources, local protests and so on are some of these reasons. In general, there are many reasons to stop some miners from relying on them, and what is sometimes overlooked is the obligations the miner has made to his customers.
He said: "Do not work for any reason to tell the miner; this order disrupts all the economic relations of the miner, some of them international, and faces a myriad of financial and legal problems." This procedure cannot be exported.
"Contracts with other countries are very rigid and commitments must be made," he said. "One cannot say I have to shut down the mine; it must be compensated, often with heavy losses."
Government to transfer ornamental stone to private sector
The government should provide conditions for the mines to be transferred to the private sector, Nikfar said. The government should disclose the terms of the transfer under the law, for example, if someone discovered a mine and worked on it for three or five years, the mine would be left to him, and the government would receive mine money in multi-year installments. The mine is left to the individual and the government gets its money; now the good or bad of the ore is back to the buyer himself and has nothing to do with the government. The buyer of mine goes and sells his stone in any way he sees fit.
He added: "If the mines are handed over to the private sector, the government's environmental and natural resources concerns will also be eliminated; firstly, many of the mines will not be mined and the mines will not be destroyed at this rate. And the miner is trying to make the most out of the least amount of rock, and the miner is making the right roads and roads, and the miner is trying to make the best of it so that it can be productive. Goes up.
Mines become privatized; stone waste is largely prevented
He said: The transport vehicles that exist now cannot carry more than 20 tons of loads. If the mine is a private sector mine then goes to the use of machines that can carry seventy or a hundred tons. And it also has the necessary roads to drive these cars. If you use these machines, see how much you save on commuting, gas, road depreciation, and freight.
He emphasized: The government with the tools at its disposal can supply the mine with the necessary facilities to protect the environment and its growth and development. Can tell you mine but you also have to do it; you have to do this tree; you have to revive the environment, you have to compensate for it; obviously the miner because he doesn't want to stop mining It will do these things.
Nikfar emphasized: "This kind of work is now done by miners and stone industry activists and they are funding many of the urban development projects." Mining is not an enemy of nature and green space and will provide the strongest support for nature and green space if the necessary background is provided.
