According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, the twelfth government has less than a year to untie the knots of the mining sector; Nodes that, according to activists in this sector, although not new, are extremely annoying and are considered an obstacle to their growth. According to statistics, since the beginning of the twelfth government, the mining sector has grown well and has witnessed extensive exploration and extraction, but there have always been obstacles for activists in this field that have made this sweetness bitter for them.

The importance of removing barriers to production

Al-Hordi Dehghani, a member of the Presidium and First Secretary of the Industries and Mines Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, said that the government has done everything in its power over the years: "We expect the government to take care of the country's economy and industry." And organize and reduce inappropriate costs to remove production restrictions in the country.

A member of the Industries and Mines Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, emphasizing the need to pay attention to the private sector, said: The government should help the private sector in the remaining period and do its best to boost production, create economic prosperity and provide livelihood and welfare of the people Spend.

"The government must do its utmost to witness a dynamic and endogenous economy," he said. Subsequent governments must follow suit.

Emphasizing the need to avoid selling raw materials, he stated: "We have not benefited enough from all the production and economic capacities of the country and we have limited ourselves to a few methods." This has led us to traditionally exploit minerals.

The first secretary of the Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly stated: "Selling oil and minerals in raw form will not solve the country's problem and will not bring us added value." Processing of mineral products including oil and other minerals with the help of technical knowledge, young and revolutionary forces is operational. In the meantime, we need financial support and initial capital from the government, and we can even welcome foreign investors to operate an active and dynamic production-based economy.

Dehghani said that Iran has the capacity to control the market economy of the region, adding that the government has emphasized the development of mines and mining industries is one of the most important policies to prevent crude sales. Creating added value from mining and mining industries is very important.

Note the qualitative leap

Taghi Nabi, the head of the Mining Engineering Organization of Iran, said to Samat about what programs should be a priority for the government in this period of less than a year: "Since we in the Mining Engineering Organization try to do what is related to our field of activity in the mining sector." So we expect the government and the ministry to move in the same direction.

Nabi added: "Considering that the Mining Engineering Organization has been successful in the design and implementation sector, in the meantime, we expect the government and the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade to play their role well in the discussion of supervision."

He stressed: "If the supervision in the mining sector is strengthened, we can hope that both more protection of minerals and environmental problems and natural resources with the mining sector will be reduced."

The head of the Mining Engineering System Organization of Iran, noting that the Mining Engineering System acts as the executive arm of the ministry and the government, clarified: The Mining Engineering System Organization can assist the ministry and the government in monitoring. In the meantime, provisions of the law and executive regulations, such as Article 34 of the Mining Law and Article 110, allow the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade to transfer regulatory matters to the Engineering System Organization in accordance with a memorandum.

"The more oversight there is, the better the quality of exploration, extraction and processing processes and programs," he said.

Nabi continued: "Meanwhile, if the government involves more of us in the licensing process, we can accelerate the issuance of mining licenses with the help of efficient manpower."

The head of the Mining Engineering Organization of Iran, emphasizing that today we need to make the supervision more colorful and optimal, said: "Mines are widely distributed throughout the country and thus the number of forces that the ministry has in the Provincial Industry, Mining and Trade Organization." , Not enough. Since the engineering system has more than forty thousand members, it can define one supervisor for each mine.

He continued: "In fact, like the supervisor who exists in the field of construction and oversees all processes, such a specialized force can be used in the mine." The role of the overseer is important and key because solving many problems in the discussion of safety, health, environment and protection of minerals can be helpful for the ministry.

Referring to the year of the production leap and the importance of government planning, Nabi said: "This year, the production leap in the mining and mineral industries has started well and has had an acceptable trend, but the officials' view has been more in the small sector." In the meantime, we believe that with the help of experienced experts and using their knowledge, we can see a qualitative leap in the mining sector.

In the end, the head of the Mining Engineering Organization of Iran said: "Although there are more than two hundred types of minerals in the country, but the officials in their speeches emphasize on having sixty types of minerals." In this way, I believe that through the technical knowledge of the engineering system, the realization of the qualitative part can be helped.

Growth of mining activities

Farzad Asadi, the head of Gilan Mining House, referring to Jafar Sarghini's work experience and his election as the head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade and the remaining term of the 12th government, said: "After a long time, a mining activist has entered the ministry. Making decisions in the field of mining will make significant progress.

The head of the Gilan Mining House, referring to the situation of sanctions and its difficulties in the country and the need for the government to pay more attention to the mining sector, said: "Today we are facing difficult conditions in terms of oil exports and petroleum products." Thus, perhaps the mining sector is one of the best things that can help get out of this situation.

He said: "In these circumstances, the mining community expects from the head of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade and the government as a whole to shift the focus of decision-making in the ministry to mining activities so that we can see proper development for the rest of the twelfth government." 

Asadi emphasized: Sarghini is fully acquainted with the issues, problems and weaknesses of the mining sector through his presence in the Mining Department and is aware of what measures should be taken to get out. Today, as the head of the ministry, he can be a good decision-maker and help the mining sector to flourish as much as possible by providing expert solutions. Thus, I hope that for the rest of the life of the Twelfth Government, it will make every effort to make the mining sector prosperous.

The head of Gilan Mining House further said that creating security is a condition for investing in the field of mining and specified: in order to witness the development of mining activities in the country and encourage domestic and foreign investors to invest, the first thing we need is investment security. Given the costs of mining in the country, the risk of investing in mining is very high; Therefore, the government must provide conditions for the investor to achieve the expected profit.

Al-Asadi went on to complain about the multiplicity of different organizations and institutions in the country and the impediment to the functioning of each, stating: The biggest problem we have been facing for years in the field of mining is the multiplicity of organizations and institutions whose duties are in conflict with each other. Is. For example, mining activities in their structure and essence require extraction, explosion and destruction in order to access minerals. While this definition is plausible from an industry and mining perspective, it is opposed by organizations such as Natural Resources and the Environment.

The university professor continued: "In practice, there are institutions that inherently prevent any mining operations." From their point of view, mining means the destruction of the environment, the structure of the earth and the vegetation and living things that live in the mining area.

Asadi said that it is true that problems arise naturally for the mining region, noting that the problem should be solved with the help of smart mining and focusing on the concepts of sustainable development. Rehabilitation of mines and restoration of nature to pre-mining status are among the issues that are considered in sustainable development and miners should also consider it.

The head of the Gilan Mining House continued: "When the mining exploitation license is issued by the ministry to the miners, unfortunately the miner faces obstacles to natural resources and the environment at the same stage of implementation." Because natural resources are among the organizations that are themselves judicial officers, they can easily suspend exploitation licenses issued by the ministry and make solving the mining problem conditional on thousands of tortuous paths.

He stressed: "In this way, the necessary security for investors in the field of mining has been questioned and the acceptance of mining in the country has decreased."

Asadi suggested as a proposed solution: A ministry should be established called the Ministry of Natural Resources, which should include departments such as the environment, natural resources and mines. As a result, when the investor applies to this ministry and receives a mining license, it will resolve its environmental disputes once and for all.

He added: "In this way, with the formation of this ministry, the problem of minerals with the environment will be solved."

The university professor further mentioned the problem of other miners with the environment and said: the scale of mining exploitation license is, for example, two hundred hectares, but the law states that the miner is obliged to work in an area where the environment and natural resources agree. As a result, most natural resources, for example, agree to work on three acres. This issue is very acute in the northern provinces, and we expect the ministry and the government to come in to solve it.

Asadi clarified: in the three hectares that are given to the miner, what method can be implemented and how can the mining activity be started! When mining is concentrated in a limited area, the miner abandons all mining engineering laws and selectively begins to extract the richest portion of the mineral, resulting in the loss of many minerals.

He stressed: "This issue has completely questioned the security of investment in the field of mining, and in practice, the miner will not be interested in long-term investment because he is not sure whether the mine can be developed or not."

The head of Gilan Mining House said about other problems of this organization: the Natural Resources Organization assigns a part of the mining field which is defined in the exploitation license in the form of agriculture and animal husbandry plan to other parts; As a result, the various projects of this organization have interfered with the development of the mine and in practice increase the mining problems.

Asadi stressed that an independent ministry is needed to resolve the conflict between natural resources and the environment once and for all.

last word

Hassan Rouhani's government is in its final months, less than a year from the end of its term in office. During the remaining period, economic activists made proposals to the government so that we could see the growth of the mining sector. They believe that problems such as poor investment security, the weak role of the private sector, confrontation with natural resources and the environment, and cumbersome laws and barriers to activity in general. According to experts, the government should be able to pave the way for the mining sector as one of the most effective sectors of the economy in the remaining period, so that we can witness the prosperity of the economy and the growth of development in the country.