Exports of six and six billion dollars of minerals
Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Commerce: If there were no responsible support and relevant organizations, especially the supporters of the stone, surely we would not have progressed here because they were the main driving force of the stone.
According to the International Stone Exhibition of Iran, Jafar Sarkhini said this afternoon at the inaugural ceremony of the 10th International Stone Exhibition in Mahalat, referring to the industry sector: “The whole effort of the government is to develop the mines to achieve a positive result. Reach.
He added: "If there were no support from the relevant agencies and organizations, especially the supporters of the stone, surely we would not have progressed here because they were the main driving force for the stone."
Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade, referring to development in the mining sector, said: "Development in the mine is always there because development is sustainable and it is an inherent property of the mine and during the sanctions it was observed that the only industry with the least damage Entered the mine was mining and mining.
Sarkhini said: "It can be argued in the stone debate that it should not be limited to seminars and conferences, and that we really need to find the reason behind the weakness and the dilemma, because the export statistics do not deserve our reserves.
He added: In addition to this year it is about $ 300 million and has doubled compared to the previous years but it still does not fit our reserves and we have to think a lot about this and take the export mission seriously.
The Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Commerce stated that today there are 300,000 people working in the stone and related industries, with good employment and sustainability of six thousand and five hundred stone units.
“We shouldn't weigh everything down to a unit of stone and give it a negative score, while last year there were six and six billion dollars in exports of minerals and minerals, up from $ 1.5 billion over four years ago,” said Sarkhini. had.
He pointed to the import sector: In 2012, we have imported six and a half billion dollars in mining and mining, which in 1395 amounted to three billion dollars, which was done with domestic production and efforts.
Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade stated: Statistics show that exports of mining products and minerals are growing, while at the steel debate in 2012 we had one million tons of steel exports. In contrast, we import about five billion tonnes.
"Last year, steel exports reached six million tonnes, and this year we have set a target of eight million tonnes, which in the first five months of the year was 3.5 million tonnes, which is a significant amount," said Sarkhini.
He continued: In 2012, it was the export of steel quotas that eliminated this quota and released the concentrate and its effects went from thirty percent to zero percent.
Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade said: "If we believe in export of mineral raw materials, it shows that we have no faith in the economy of resistance and it is worth mentioning that tariffs and tolls are the tools of every country and the government should support the industry."
"The export of raw materials means the export of the country's flames and, ultimately, youth unemployment," he added.
He added: "In the third quarter of the last year there were 12%, in the fourth quarter 13% and in the first quarter of this year there was a positive growth rate of four and a half percent."
* Tasnim
