According to the International Exhibition of Iranian Stone, the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade show that five thousand six hundred and fifty-two active mines, four thousand four hundred and ninety-five mines are inactive and a total of more than ten thousand and one hundred. There is a mining license in the country.

The amount of mineral extraction in the 11th and 12th governments of the active mines is about 400 million tons per year, but according to the Fifth Development Plan, the amount of mineral extraction was supposed to reach 5.7 million tons, which was never achieved.

 The economy relies on mining and the mining industry

The withdrawal of the United States from Borjam in May 1397 followed the first round of oil sanctions and then the second round in November of that year, thus revealing that the oil-dependent economy of our country can not meet the needs of our country in this situation.

Hussein Modarres Khiabani, head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, recently said that if the country were to cross the oil economy, the closest economy it could rely on was mining and the mining industry.

He added that years of reliance on oil had neglected the existence of rich mines and resources in the country that could replace oil, but now that there is no oil revenue, we must focus on mining and the mining industry.

He believes that if we are to turn to a single-product economy, the economy will be based on mining, and today mining and the mining industry have come to the aid of the country, and a special account has been opened on these industries.

The issue of exploitation of the mining sector and the mining industry must be properly and accurately targeted. Previous data and assessments cannot provide the necessary guarantees, because the global economy remains like a turbulent sea and the economic value of minerals is increasing every day. The market is volatile, but products can increase our maneuverability in target markets.

"As far as oil goes, Iran's reliance on mining and the mining industry will increase," he said. "The total export of mines and mining last year was about $ 9 billion, and it looks like $ 9 billion this year." The dollar is a small number, but efforts should be made to provide more honorable numbers in this area.

Development of main strategy exploration

The head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade believes that if we want to be a leader in the field of mining and mineral industries, it is necessary to develop exploration in the first step.

The fact that the Eleventh and Twelfth Governments have given exploratory activities in the mining sector another depth and meaning, but the remaining one-year opportunity of the Twelfth Government's life gives some speculation about the achievements of this sector for objectification.

The issue of "single trustee" for mining exploration is not far-fetched, but the arrival of the Organization for Development and Renovation of Mines and Mining Industries of Iran (Imidro) since 2014 has changed this field and is expected to coincide with the Geological Survey of Iran. , To have the necessary achievements.

Instead of exploiting the media, statistics in the mining and mineral industries should be the basis for planning and progress, and the supervisory authorities should carry out their duties from zero to one hundred, so that the allocated large state budgets can be achieved.

 The street teacher stressed the need to use the world's latest knowledge and technology in the field of mineral exploration and said: "Today, the world is moving on the line of knowledge and therefore, along with the equipment used in the field of mineral exploration, effective and strong communication with centers." Academic, research and research should also be established.

Production leaps in the light of avoiding raw sales

Today, when the mutation of production is on the agenda as a programmatic approach in all sectors, the avoidance of raw material sales should also be emphasized, because the countries of the world will never add value or develop human employment by exporting mineral raw materials. They won't find it, but exporting a product will boost the employment market while achieving high added value.

"Khodadad Gharibpour," the chairman of Imidro's executive board, last year raised the issue of selling raw materials and said: "This organization is not a raw material seller, but Imidro to prevent the sale of raw iron ore, a production plant." It has created concentrates and pellets, an example of which is in Sangan (Khorasan Razavi).

He added: "Along with large mines, a processing plant has been built, and by preventing the sale of raw materials, the production capacity of steel has reached thirty-five million tons, and the actual production has reached twenty-eight million tons."

In 1397, the amount of steel production was twenty-five million tons and annually between three and four million tons will be added to the country's steel capacity, this increase in volume will be spent on exports.

The street teacher also said that the establishment of small and medium-sized mines with the participation of the private sector is one of the requirements for the development of the mining exploration sector in the year of "production leap".

According to the statistics of Vajihollah Jafari, CEO of Iran Minerals Production and Production Company (affiliated to Imidro Organization), in August of last year, about ninety-eight percent of all mines in the country were small-scale, which was eighty-five percent of the share. Occupy the mining sector.

Launching mineral processing units

Believing that the extraction of minerals and their export in raw form cannot guarantee comprehensive development has also reached the public mind, and it is not a point that only experts and relevant experts can confirm, but the use of modern technology as a principle should be considered. Pay attention.

In this year's program, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade aims to launch twenty-five mineral processing units under the "Production Leap" goal, but is not expected to meet the needs.

Mineral processing will also pave the way for exports, although in today's competitive market, navigating to target markets is not easy, and its sustainability is a major concern.

Iran was one of the importers of ingots and steel products in the early nineties and before, and the figures of five to seven million tons have been included in the published news, but today we have reached the ceiling of about ten million tons of exports and different countries on five continents. The world is looking for this strategic metal produced in our country.

Accordingly, Iran's quality products in each sector with the characteristic of export-oriented can bring us different markets, and this necessity must be emphasized in all sectors.

End of speech

Iran is ranked tenth in the world in terms of diversity with sixty-eight types of minerals, but has not yet gained a proportionate share of exports in various sectors, so that in the field of decorative stones and facades, despite The presence among the top five countries is in the field of exports between twenty and twenty-five countries.

The issue of reviving and activating small-scale mines in the Twelfth Government has been considered as an important topic for production growth and job creation, but production without much export attitude cannot be aligned with the country's growth and development goals and needs to be laid.

Endogenous and extroverted production can be achieved when the executive apparatus does not have an island attitude towards this important issue, and convergence and overlap as a serious principle is on the agenda and the programming process is followed until the export stage.

Trade (exports-imports) can be convincing up to $ 100 billion a year in the current situation, but having tens of billions of tons of mineral reserves that we have calculated and have no plans to deal with cannot be an alternative to the economy. Be oil.

In the final year of the Twelfth Government, a minefield is expected to provide a good foundation for economic growth in this sector.

* IRNA