Paperwork is a barrier to mining
Deputy of Economic Affairs Coordination of Khorasan Razavi Governorate: The exploration license of 258 mines in Khorasan Razavi, which are part of the old mines, was issued years ago, but because these mines were not activated, their licenses were revoked. The General Directorate of Natural Resources will be put up for auction.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, according to mining and economic activists, Khorasan Razavi has many stagnant mines for various reasons, which have been auctioned off for years due to administrative bureaucracy, and therefore neither revived nor assigned.
A mining activist in Khorasan Razavi, who did not want to be named, said: "This year, while there is a leap in production, there are more than 400 stagnant mines in this province, which if in a pessimistic state, by auctioning or reviving each one." They can create jobs for 30 people, which in total will create about 12,000 jobs.
"Unfortunately, a lot of inquiries have to be made to put a mine up for auction," he said. "Unfortunately, despite the establishment of working groups such as the facilitation headquarters, the executive organs of the province still do not have the necessary procedures and cooperation with each other."
Babian continues that many correspondences have been made in this regard through the Khorasan Razavi Mining House: "But for unknown reasons, auctions are still not held and even inquiries have not been answered, while many of these mines have the capacity to create jobs." have.
The head of the Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Industries of the Khorasan Razavi Industry, Mining and Trade Organization stated that since the beginning of the year, the "Activation of Small-Scale Mines" project has been on the agenda of the Provincial Industry, Mining and Trade Organization. We have returned the market and the bureaucracy to the production cycle.
Tavakoli added: "Out of the total number of valid mining exploitation licenses in Khorasan Razavi, 426 mines are active, which include metal mines, industrial soil, decorative stone and mines that have a justifiable economic mechanism."
He specified: The definite reserve of mineral materials in the mines of Khorasan Razavi is estimated at 2.77 billion tons, of which 1.2 billion tons are in Khaf, which includes 50% of the country's iron ore reserves.
The head of the Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Industries of the Industry, Mining and Trade Organization of Khorasan Razavi emphasized: So far, 200,000 billion rials have been invested in the production of concentrate and pellets in the Khaf iron ore mining area in Khorasan Razavi.
Tavakoli stated: The nominal amount of mining in Khorasan Razavi is 41 million tons per year, but the actual amount of mining in the province reaches 35 million tons per year.
He said: so far, one thousand and 100 billion rials have been invested in the mining sector of the province and 10,000 jobs have been created.
Acting Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Industries of Khorasan Razavi Industry, Mining and Trade Organization continued: In the first half of this year, 22 new mining licenses have been issued in Khorasan Razavi with a nominal extraction of 11.5 million tons per year and job creation for 176 people.
He added: "So far, by using the capacity of Article 24 of the Frequent Mines Law and forming a dispute resolution board, the problems of 6 valuable mines in Khorasan Razavi, which faced administrative problems and received answers to inquiries, have been resolved and put up for auction in the next two to three months." There are also 134 licensed mines in the province on the auction list.
Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs of Khorasan Razavi Governorate Babian also said that since the announcement of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade instruction to activate stagnant mines, an auction has been held for the transfer of 100 metal and non-metal mines in Khorasan Razavi. 66 people participated in this auction.
Ali Rasoulian Babian stated that 480 stagnant mines will be put up for auction in this province soon: 361 of these mines are blocked in the province and the reason for their blocking is the negative response of some agencies to the inquiry.
He added: "Exploration licenses for 258 mines in Khorasan Razavi, which are part of the old mines, were issued years ago, but since these mines were not activated, their licenses were revoked. These mines were re-examined and received a positive inquiry from the General Directorate of Natural Resources." Will be put up for auction.
Deputy of Economic Affairs Coordination of Khorasan Razavi Governorate added: The exploration license of 258 mines in Khorasan Razavi, which are part of the old mines, was issued years ago, but because these mines were not activated, their licenses were revoked. The General Directorate of Natural Resources will be put up for auction.
He mentioned the number of mines with exploration licenses in the province as 159: in the period when licenses were issued for these mines, according to the law, there was no need to inquire from the General Directorate of Natural Resources, but if these mines are auctioned, an inquiry should be made. They are again taken from the General Directorate of Natural Resources.
Rasoulian added: 163 mines in Khorasan Razavi also have disqualified exploitation licenses, which do not need to be inquired from the General Directorate of Natural Resources to put them up for auction.
He said: "Another important auction will be held for 6 large mines of iron ore, iron ore and decorative stone in the next two months in Khorasan Razavi."
* ILNA
