Details of preventing the sale of raw minerals
The head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, stating that the production of selected industrial and mineral products in the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year has faced a very good growth, said: In previous years, it reached less than three million tons last year.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Jafar Sarghini, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, said today at the simultaneous opening ceremony of three industrial and mining projects in the country, which was done by video conference by order of the President: Production of the first four months Selected industrial and mining this year compared to the same period in 1392, which was the beginning of the twelfth government, has had an increasing growth, so that in crude steel, eighty percent growth has been recorded. Meanwhile, the growth of copper production in this period was fifty-seven percent, human medicine forty-two percent, steel products thirty-four percent, car tires twenty-four percent and aluminum ingots twenty-three percent.
He added: At the end of 1391, over six and a half million tons of steel were imported into the country, which in the same period, one and a half million tons of exports were recorded. This, in fact, recorded a negative balance of 5 million tons in the field of steel.
The head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade continued: "Last year, the country's steel exports amounted to twelve million tons, and in contrast, the amount of imports was limited to a few hundred tons in some special steel products, which with the launch of Yazd alloy steel project, This problem will also be solved and the country's imports will be minimized.
In another part of his speech, referring to the special instructions of the President in 1394 to maintain the country's food security and adequate supply of strategic commodity reserves, the acting Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade said: The Ministry of Industry has always tried to approve the Cabinet and instructions issued by the President. Accordingly, today, the strategic commodity reserves of the country are in a very good condition and we have no worries in this regard.
Referring to the Supreme Leader's recent orders in a video conference meeting with the government board in recent days, Sarghini said: "Of the eighteen remarks and concerns, twelve are directly and indirectly related to the duties and services of the Ministry of Industry."
The head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade emphasized: "During this period, measures have been taken in accordance with the Supreme Leader's menus on issues such as selling raw materials, and of course we are trying to achieve maximum results in these cases."
Sarghini said that before last year, an average of about 22 million tons of crude iron ore was exported from the country, but with the measures taken, this figure has now reached less than three million tons, and with the continuation of the current trend, this amount will soon increase. At least it will arrive.
