Mahabad stone exports to Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Republic of Azerbaijan
Some of the city's mineral products, including decorative stones, travertine, marble and granite, are also exported to neighboring countries such as Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
According to the International Exhibition of Iranian Stone, Ako Javanmardi, noting that twelve types of minerals are extracted in this city, added: the most important and most extracted stones, respectively, include limestone with a volume of one hundred and thirty-eight thousand tons, iron ore With sixty-one thousand six hundred tons and silica stone with fifty eight thousand five hundred tons.
He considered Mahabad as one of the main poles of "barite" stone extraction in the country and said: Last year, thirty-six thousand and seven hundred tons of barite stone, which is an effective material in the oil industry, was extracted from the mines of this city.
He continued: "Barite stone is used in cooling and lubricating drilling rigs, internal lining of oil wells, transferring drilling materials into the ground and controlling abnormal pressures inside oil and gas wells."
The head of Mahabad mining affairs mentioned the number of active mines in the city as thirty-three and said: "Twenty-four mines have been mined due to lack of sales market, declining construction and increasing the cost of minerals. Currently, 16 mines are closed." They have been qualified for the last year.
Javanmardi added: "Last year, three exploration files were sent to the provincial center for issuing exploitation licenses after completing the steps."
He said that currently eighteen units of mineral technology are active in this city, adding that at present, forty percent of all extracted materials are processed in this city and the rest are sent to Tabriz and Isfahan due to the lack of machinery.
Some of the city's mineral products, including decorative stones, travertine, marble and granite, are also exported to neighboring countries such as Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
There are fifty-one of the sixty-eight types of minerals identified in the country in West Azerbaijan; currently there are four hundred and sixty-eight mines in the province and 5,220 people are directly involved in the mines of this province.
* IRNA
