Entrepreneurship and transformation in mining businesses
Creating knowledge-based collections or start-ups are also among the entrepreneurial options, and the element of science and knowledge is an integral part of these collections. Most of these companies are established at a limited cost, but can have a high impact on the country's economic development.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, employment has been one of the main concerns of policy makers in the country over the past years. Accordingly, efforts have been made to use the country's various capacities to create job opportunities. In such a situation, entrepreneurship has become especially important, because a person with the benefit of new ideas starts new businesses and launches a product or service.
Entrepreneurship has been considered in various fields, but in some fields, despite their considerable capacity, it has not been considered as it should be. Among these areas, we can mention the mining and mineral industries. Iran has special capacities for the development of mining and related industries. These industries have created many job opportunities in the country so far, but the capacity of this field for entrepreneurship is more than we imagine; This means that the capacities of this sector have not been used properly as they should be.
Therefore, it is necessary to identify and consider these capacities. The creation of science and technology parks and growth and innovation centers should be considered as one of the most important measures that provide the ground for entrepreneurship in various industries. It seems necessary to pay attention to the fact that not every knowledge can become a new business. But it is possible to increase the entrepreneurial spirit among students by creating the mentioned centers. In this way, it provided the ground for knowledge to become a new business. In the meantime, closer ties between industry and academia will also help.
Creating knowledge-based collections or start-ups are also among the entrepreneurial options, and the element of science and knowledge is an integral part of these collections. Most of these companies are established at a limited cost, but can have a high impact on the country's economic development.
The word startup has been used in the mining and mining industries for several years. Since the activity in the field of mining and mineral industries has a great impact on economic development, the presence of start-ups in it seems necessary, because this sector must also be able to adapt to changes in technological, economic and social fields. In addition, it provides the ground for further empowerment in this field. At the same time, it creates new job opportunities and is considered as an entrepreneurship.
It is important to note that these new businesses can be created in a variety of areas, some of which are: improving exploration processes using new technologies that reduce investment costs and risk, increase returns, and increase productivity. Various activities, reduction of environmental pollution, benefit from new methods of processing mineral products, networking and development of innovation in the mining sector and related industries, facilitating the sale and purchase of minerals and also transparency of information in the value chain.
These activities are from a technological point of view in various categories such as artificial intelligence, image processing, chemical technologies, nanotechnology, online platform, 3D scanning, biotechnology, robotics and IoT, radiography, UAVs, augmented and virtual reality, processing machinery and industrial tools, industrial Laser, big data and blockchain are divided. Undoubtedly, utilizing this capacity will reduce costs, increase speed and efficiency compared to traditional methods.
Despite all the mentioned capacities, it must be admitted that using the capacities of this field has been neglected in Iran so far. Therefore, it is expected that the responsible organizations will provide the ground for the entry of knowledge-based businesses and companies by expressing issues in the fields of mining and related industries, as well as presenting the strategic challenges of each field.
Mehran Haghshenas - Expert in Mineral Industries - Samat
