The importance of sufficient information for mining
Secretary of the Association of Economists: The mining sector is the sweetest and most profitable investment sector in the country and it is only necessary for the government to create the necessary incentive in the private sector to invest in this field.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, unfortunately, the private sector does not have enough and necessary information about mining and mining, and if we want to attract them to the economy and mining activities, we must first introduce the existing system and information to them.
In the meantime, brochures should be prepared by Imidro and the responsible organizations explaining how much investment small mines need. They must clearly explain how many mines we have in Iran, what the extent of the mines is and where they should go. It should be stated what specializations are needed in the field of mining in Iran, the perspective and efficiency of work, and in what industries their production materials are used; How much is it possible to export and create downstream industries in the mine and things like that. Thus, in general, we must provide complete and accurate information for transparency in the field of mining. In mining, the volume of investment in some areas is one hundred million tomans and in some other places is one billion tomans. In Iran, we have many rich and eager people to invest in the mining sector who have no problem with these figures, but with the methods the government has put in their way and problems such as social security and taxes, many of them are not interested in working in the economy.
Apart from investing in gold and foreign exchange, which are among the harmful investments of the economy, the mining sector is the sweetest and most profitable investment sector in the country, and the government only needs to create the necessary incentive in the private sector to invest in this field. If the government can introduce the dimensions of mining to society, those who invest their wealth in unproductive routes will become interested in mining. In this way, if we show the way, he is very eager. The same is true for small mines. In this way, full information should be provided to them as well. The government must make it clear to investors in radio and various media that they can invest in other places besides the dollar and the currency.
The biggest and most important task of the government is to provide proper information. The government must announce how many mines we have in the country, where the consumer market is and what the limits of investment in the mine are in order to open the way for investment. According to statistics, about ninety-eight percent of private mines and only two percent are state-owned; But the private sector is not active in the mine and cannot be a major player. In fact, the value and performance of two percent of the government is five times ninety-eight percent of the private sector. If the private sector gains ninety-eight percent of its actual weight in the mine, there will be a huge movement in production and employment.
Lotfali Bakhshi - Secretary of the Association of Economists - Samat
