Extraction of two million and three hundred thousand tons of travertine from the mines of Mahallat city
Head of the Department of Industry, Mining and Trade of Mahallat city: Two million and three hundred thousand tons of travertine stone was extracted from the mines of this city last year and transported to different parts of the country as a quarry.
According to the International Exhibition of Iranian Stone, Reza Maleki, stating that sixty percent of the country's travertine stone is extracted from the mines of Mahallat city, added: "The rial value of this amount of extracted stone is seven thousand billion rials."
He stated: One hundred and thirty-five mining units with operating licenses are active in this city and eighty-five units have travertine and marble minerals, the type of travertine of which is among the best examples of this product, whose special and white quality He is famous in the world.
Maleki stated that the travertine stone of Mahallat city has been registered globally, and said: Mahallat travertine stone has the quality, technical specifications and special characteristics of its region, which is different from other parts of Iran. And this product has been registered as "Travertine of Iran Neighborhoods".
Mahallat city is considered as the center of production of decorative stones in the country, and sixty percent of the country's building stones are produced in the mines of this region.
With an annual production of 2.5 million tons of travertine, the city has been named as the center of the country's facade stone production and has accounted for twelve percent of the world's travertine stone production.
Mahallat city is located in the center of the city of the same name in the southeast of Markazi province and is limited to Qom and Ashtian from the north, to Isfahan and Golpayegan from the south, to Khomein and Arak from the west and to Delijan from the east.
* IRNA
