We will not allow the export of mineral raw materials
Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Industries of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade: Considering that we are facing a shortage of mineral raw materials required by factories in the country, some export raw materials are banned from export and some are exported with duties, but in Overall, we do not have a positive opinion on the export of mineral raw materials.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Dariush Ismaili in the meeting of the Assembly of Representatives and Deputies of the Ministry of Industry with the Governor of Kerman added: "We will delegate ninety to ninety-five percent of the powers of the High Council of Mines in the Ministry of Industry to the provinces." Provinces will be done.
He further said: with the studies done from two hundred directives in the field of mines, a number of directives have been removed and some have been consolidated, and now the number of updated directives in this field is fifty to sixty directives.
Referring to the plan to close the mines, Ismaili said: "This plan is to help the mines to be activated, and if they are not able to be activated, their licenses will be revoked."
The Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Industries of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, considering the discussion of chromite by one of the economic activists in the province, added: "Tolls have been set for chromite exports last year, based on which some chromite mines were closed." It indicated that there was no chromite in the country consuming it.
Referring to the country's comprehensive steel plan, he said: "In this plan, fifty-five million tons of steel is predicted for 1404, to achieve this goal, about eighty million tons of concentrate and sixty million tons of sponge iron are needed." Licensing should also be based on this plan.
Ismaili stressed that the production chain must be balanced: "Provincial industry organizations must first and before issuing licenses for steel raw material production units according to steel plans to consider the country's needs and then proceed to export." Require permissions.
He added: "According to the Sixth Plan for the development of large mines and their activity, social responsibilities should also be considered and implemented, and in this regard, a circular and a letter from the Ministry of Silence will soon emphasize this." The issue will be communicated to the major mines of the country. .
Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Industries of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, referring to three thousand billion tomans of low-interest facilities to economic operators of mines this year, said: Activists in this field can use these facilities by pledging mining licenses.
* IRNA