Qom is one of the most important mineral areas of the country
Head of Qom Industry, Mine and Trade Organization: Eighty-eight mines are currently active in the province and Qom is one of the most important mining areas in the country.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, Mahmoud Sijani said: "One and two hundred and twenty-one people are investing in these mines with more than one billion billion riyals and the possibility of expanding investment and increasing employment opportunities in this important field." The province's economy is provided with the participation of the private sector.
Pointing to the need to support mining activists and provide them with inexpensive facilities to modernize equipment and compete in domestic and international markets, he added: "One hundred seventy-nine mining licenses issued in Qom are owned and operated." Auction licenses for forty-eight mines are also on the auction.
He added: "Implementation of production boom in the mining sector of the province is also considered as a field of industry and commerce. In this regard, the Coordinating Council for Small Scale Mining Activation in Qom will be formed and decisions will be made to activate the mines quickly."
Sijani said: "There are two percent of the country's total mines in Qom and this shows the need to pay more attention to the capacities of the province to increase the revenues of the province. In this regard, the strategy of Samat Qom is to prevent the crude extraction of minerals by processing them." Create more economic value added in the province's mining sector.
He said: The province's most recognized reserves include metallic mines (lead, zinc, copper, manganese), non-metallic mines (kaolin, barite, salt and sodium sulfate) and raw materials for construction materials (decorative stones, marble, granite, carcass stones) , Limestone and gypsum), which can be used to generate income-generating businesses in the mineral industry in the province by applying new designs and optimally utilizing these minerals.
He further referred to efforts to identify and make more use of the mineral resources of Qom province. Southwest of Qom, with a surface area of 4,500 square kilometers, and the Geological Survey, including geophysical zones for gold and iron ore exploration, are among the registered zones in the province, and legal activities were carried out this year.
* IRNA
