There are 847 units of mineral processing and conversion industries in West Azerbaijan
Head of Industry, Mining and Trade Organization of West Azerbaijan: 847 units of processing and conversion of minerals are active in different sections of sand, metallic and non-metallic minerals and gold in the province.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Gholamreza Babaei stated: The production capacity of this production unit is 98 million 733 thousand 641 tons.
He continued: more than 18 thousand and 334 billion rials of credit has been invested to set up these units of conversion industries and this figure is about 10 times compared to today's exchange rate.
The head of the Industry, Mining and Trade Organization of West Azerbaijan said: "These units have provided employment for 22 thousand and 53 young people of this province."
Referring to the field of activity of these conversion industries, Babaei stated: washing and granulation of building stone materials (sand, gravel, ballast), gold concentrate, washed and granulated sand, unreinforced concrete products from ordinary concrete, compact bricks, Types of machine pottery (automatic) and ordinary fluid concrete are the fields of activity of conversion and mineral processing units in this province.
He said: "One of the biggest advantages of this province in the development of conversion industries is that West Azerbaijan borders with three foreign countries, which can greatly facilitate exports and be a good market for the products of these production units."
According to the report, the mining sector and downstream industries are the center of development of West Azerbaijan, but the stone mines of this province face many problems such as selling raw materials and lack of market.
Granting facilities with low bank interest for working capital as well as modernization of mining machinery is necessary to improve the performance of mines in this province.
West Azerbaijan is in a good position in terms of mineral reserves, but it still has a long way to go before it can fully exploit the capacities of the mining sector and the mining industry.
The area of West Azerbaijan is covered by three of the twenty zones of systematic exploration of the country, including "Oshnoyeh-Khoy", "Marivan-Mahabad" and "Shahin Dej-Mahneshan".
The main industries of West Azerbaijan are concentrated in the fruit, food and non-metallic mineral processing industries.
* IRNA
