Establishment of stone processing and export movement in the country
Secretary of Iranian Stone Association: Investment in more active mining sector and processing movement should be created in the country.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, Ahmad Sharifi said at the inaugural ceremony of the 11th Iranian Stone Exhibition in Mahallat: "The country's chain of mining of two thousand ore units with twenty-seven million tons of capacity and global value equals $ 3 billion. .
"At present ten million tons of stone ore are exported to the country," he said.
The secretary of the Iranian Stone Association stated that investment should be made in the active mining sector and in the processing movement in the country.
Sharifi said that there are currently six thousand stone processing units in the country, said that out of these 500 units have the potential to produce stone, of which 150 are currently active in export.
Pointing out that national capital does not flow through the words and slogans, he said: "Today we are seeing the sale of stone at an unrealistic price, which by this measure would rob national and utilities that need to open the nodes and price the stone. Sell Sell.
The secretary of the Iranian Stone Association continued: "There are currently two thousand medium-sized mineral units with an investment of seven hundred million tomans in the country and we must root out why there is no production in the mining sector and thirty percent of production is blocked.
Sharifi said: "We should prevent the export of crude stone and prevent the export of cheap rock."
He said: "We are not going to crush the industry instead of supporting the wheels, the toll should not be taken for stone export."
The secretary of the Iranian Stone Association emphasized the need to launch a stone processing and export movement.
* Fars