Production of 99,511 tons of marble in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
Deputy Minister of Mines of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Industry, Mining and Trade Organization, referring to the production capacities of this province in the construction materials sector, said: about five million tons of construction materials including cement, gypsum, carcass stone and decorative stones are produced annually in this province.
According to the International Exhibition of Iranian Stone, Mehrdad Ghasemi added: The province's products regarding decorative stone of marble type are 99,511 tons, carcass stone is 2,999,257 tons, gypsum is 42,530 tons and raw materials are cement. The amount is one million and 856 thousand and 350 tons.
He continued: "These products are extracted from 94 active mines in the province and all of them except marble are processed in the province."
Ghasemi stated: Due to the limited number of stone cutting workshops in the province, 70% of the extracted marble stones are sent to Isfahan and Markazi provinces.
According to the Deputy Minister of Mines of the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Industry, Mining and Trade Organization, none of the province's products in the field of construction materials are exported abroad, and the only export product of the province is marble, which has been suspended for a year due to stone exports Is not issued.
Ghasemi stated that the production of construction materials in the province has created employment for 800 people, noting that the most active mines in the province are in the field of construction materials.
According to this report, there are 103 active mines in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, from which materials such as refractory clay, gypsum, iron ore, carcass stone, silica and decorative stones are extracted from these mines.
In the first half of this year, 2.5 million tons of minerals were extracted in the province, which is a five percent increase compared to the same period last year.
* IRNA
