14% growth in processed stone exports
Vice President of Iranian Stone Association: There are two thousand and eighty nine construction stone mines licensed from this complex, one and two hundred active mines and the rest inactive, but within the framework of a small scale mining project in coordination with the Ministry of Industry. And Iran's mineral production) Fifty small stone mines are to be restored this year.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, Malik Rahmati said in a press conference on Wednesday: "Last year, five hundred and eighty one thousand tons of processed stones were worth one hundred and forty-four million dollars and one million tons of ore (semi-processed). ) Hundreds of sixty-one million dollars went to their respective destinations.
According to him, the available statistics indicate that Iran has a capacity of 30 million tonnes in the construction stone sector, and last year, with production of 13.5 million tonnes, we still maintain our position among the five leading countries.
Rahmati described Iran's capacity in the field of processed stone as one hundred and eighty million square meters and production as about eighty-eighty-five million square meters.
According to the Vice President of the Iranian Stone Association, last year sixty-nine countries had applied for Iranian stone, which absorbed two hundred and sixty-nine thousand tons and the United Arab Emirates with one hundred and one thousand tons more than sixty-five percent of Iran's stone. And in China's (semi-processed) stone crop sector, with eight hundred and twelve thousand tons and a hundred and forty-million dollars accounted for more than eighty percent of exports, with India, the United Arab Emirates and Italy among our other markets.
Rahmati said about the number of ore mines in the country, saying that there are two and eighty-nine construction stone mines licensed out of a total of one thousand two hundred active mines and the rest inactive, but within the framework of a small scale mining project in coordination with the Ministry of Industry ( Iran Minerals Production and Production Company) Fifty small stone mines are to be restored this year.
Activate the Ministry of Industry Headquarters Stone
Asked the reason for the closure of Stone Headquarters meetings, the Vice President of the Iranian Stone Association said: "The headquarters is actually a policy council of this sector and is expected to be active in dealing with professional and industry problems with the presence of the Minister of Industry. In fact, the miners of stone resume.
He added: "Many problems for stone miners remain due to the lack of proper investigation and the launch of this headquarters is a serious necessity for this sector."
11th International Stone Exhibition
Rahmati announced at the news conference that the 11th International Exhibition of Decorative Stones, Mining, Machinery and Related Equipment will be held on July 18th, with a four-day activity until July 21.
He added: There are a hundred and twenty domestic and foreign companies at this year's fair, with companies from Italy, China and Turkey including foreign parties.
Rahmati said the restriction of space allocation to Iranian companies by the Exhibition Company made it impossible for eighty-three Iranian companies to apply for space, and in fact there were 3,000 square meters of space shortage and the exhibitors were co-operating with one. Another exhibition has stated the reason for this restriction. Due to sanctions and restrictions on presence of foreign companies in Iran, foreign trade delegations are expected to visit the exhibition in Tehran.
Rahmati explained that holding a conference of architecture and stone with the presence of the mayor of Tehran provides a platform to think about how to utilize the stone industry in city hallways, furniture and other areas. There will also be specialized meetings for professionals to identify new ways and methods of using stone for education or training. The 11th Tehran International Stone Exhibition is expected to be an opportunity to market and seek domestic and foreign investment in this sector.
* IRNA
