West Azerbaijan suffers from lack of processing units in mines
The deputy minister of mines of West Azerbaijan Industrial, Mining and Trade Organization criticized the lack of a suitable processing unit in the province's mining sector, despite its high capacity.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, Parisa Abedpour pointed to the low capacity of West Azerbaijan mines, saying: West Azerbaijan is in the third place in the field of mining, especially in decorative stones and in the five countries, but still has good capacity. Not used.
The lack of suitable processing units at the provincial level, the lack of a special mining strategy in global marketing, the lack of integrated export policies, the lack of up-to-date technology in the extraction and processing of ornamental stones, and the lack of mineral R&D research centers in the province pose challenges to the mines. The province said.
Abedpour said that about twenty million tons of ornamental stone reserves in the whole country are located in West Azarbaijan province: Border with three foreign countries, access to world markets can make the province the first pole of the country's mines, but realization of this requires construction. And the development of processing units.
Deputy Minister of Mines Affairs of the Organization of Mines, Trade and Commerce of West Azerbaijan added: According to the investments made in the mines sector of the province during the first ten months of this year, compared to the same period last year, we have seen a growth of sixty-two percent.
Abedpour said that during the year thirty-eight licenses were issued with definite reserve of more than twenty-one million tonnes and direct employment for three hundred persons with an investment volume of over three hundred and twenty-six billion riyals. During this period, sixty-one exploration licenses and twenty-one certificates of discovery were issued with an investment volume of over twenty-nine billion rials.
The Deputy Minister of Mines Affairs of the Organization of Mines, Mines and Commerce of West Azerbaijan stated: There are currently four hundred and seventy six mines with definitive reserves of over one billion two hundred and seventeen million tons and an annual extraction capacity of over sixteen million tons, employment. Creation is available for five thousand one hundred and forty-two persons with an investment volume of over three thousand five hundred ninety five billion rials.
He said: Currently two hundred and sixteen mining areas with exploration licenses and twenty-seven mines with exploration certificates with definite storage of more than seven million tons and the volume of investment required to complete the exploration operations and reach the exploitation stage in these mines. Thirty-four billion rials.
