Problems of mining laws in the country
Defines a raw material law which states that if we make chemical and physical changes to minerals, that material will no longer be considered a raw material; Thus, by this definition, iron ore and building blocks are no longer raw stone, while the government also imposes duties on iron ore concentrate as a raw material.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, mining laws in the country are problematic. For example, there are eighty-two thousand rules that are repetitive, contradictory, or ambiguous. In the meantime, different interpretations can be taken from them.
Over the past few years, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has formed a working group to act as a deregulation body to identify, amend, or remove legislation. During this period, about 2,500 regulations have been reviewed by the Deregulation Board of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, of which 700 have been amended, but unfortunately, according to the Minister of Economy, more than 90% of the amended regulations have not been implemented by organizations.
At present, the definition of raw selling in the law is a simple one. In this definition, the law leaves the government free to impose duties. Defines a raw material law which states that if we make chemical and physical changes to minerals, that material will no longer be considered raw material; Thus, by this definition, iron ore and building blocks are no longer raw stone, while the government also imposes duties on iron ore concentrate as a raw material.
In this way, we define the legal article somewhere and violate it elsewhere. On the other hand, we see another legal provision in which there are ambiguities and which refers to low value-added products. It is not clear what low added value means. The question is, do iron ore and concentrate have low added value?
In this way, the government is free to impose tariffs on pellets, steel, etc., while instead of imposing tariffs, we should create an environment where minerals become a higher value-added commodity so that capitalists are encouraged to invest.
Of course, the Iran Chamber of Mines Commission has taken steps to amend the laws; For example, we in the Mines Commission of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce have included review of laws in our plans. In these sessions, we review the elimination of duplicate rules and the clarification of ambiguous rules to clarify their tasks.
Bahram Shakoori - Chairman of the Mines and Mining Industries Commission of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce - Samat
