The Ministry of Industry should stop punishing the mines
In a letter to the Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade and the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Mines, the Iranian Stone Association asked him to stop the Ministry of Industry from its past non-developmental view, which used only the punitive clauses of the Mining Law to avoid investing in this sector.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Ahmad Sharifi, secretary of the Iranian Stone Association, said referring to the letter: "The country's mining law has been violated in practice and all provisions of the law that are aimed at creating infrastructure, investment security and development of this sector have been ignored." Taken and the Ministry of Industry with a non-developmental view has used only the punitive clauses of the law in order to avoid investing in this sector.
Sharifi added: "The mining and mineral industries sector of the country has a comparative advantage, job creation and currency appreciation and in the past was managed as the Ministry of Mines and Metals, but with the merger of this ministry in two other ministries, unforgivable negligence and oppression to this important sector." The country's economy has become.
Sharifi reminded the Minister of Industry about the provisions of the Iranian Stone Association: Economic activists, especially mining activists, expect Razm Hosseini to save the mine and mining industry from the current rocky road with key decisions and pave the way for development and investment. Slowly Accordingly, the most important issues that should be prioritized in this section are mentioned in the letter.
The Secretary of the Iranian Stone Association, referring to the five priority cases of mining and mining industry activists that were sent to the Minister of Industry in the above letter to be considered in the decisions of this ministry, clarified: "Serious action to implement Note 4 and Note 6 of Article 14 of the Mining Law to be carried out in the optimal implementation of tasks and missions for the development of the mining sector and mining industries "," Articles 16 and 17 of the Mining Law, which are about encouraging investment, development, processing and export, have been neglected and no serious action has been taken And Note 2 and Note 3 of Article 19 of the Mining Law, which guarantees the security of investment in the mining sector and obliges the Ministry of Silence to support investors in this sector, has never been considered by the Ministry of Industry and provincial industrial organizations. "They have been entrusted to God."
Sharifi continued: "Article 24 of the Mines Law and its notes, which guarantee the protection of investment and facilitate the transfer of exploration and exploitation areas, have become a huge obstacle to exploration and exploitation of mines in practice due to the unprofessional decisions of the then Deputy Minister of Mines." "The Ministry of Industry has entrusted its important governance decisions to natural resources and the environment, and has provided the greatest challenges for economic actors in this important sector."
He added: "The repeated Article 24 of the Mining Law, which could have solved some of the problems of mining activists, has been neglected by the Deputy Minister of Mines of the Ministry of Silence, and in practice, a dispute resolution board is not allowed."
He added: The country's mining activists hope that the Minister of Industry will take a step towards unlocking the country's industry and mining, and in this way the Iranian Stone Association is ready to cooperate with other organizations in the mining and mineral industries as an expert and consultative arm in decision-making. Help to solve the problems of this important economic sector of the country.
The Secretary of the Stone Association requested that the Minister of Industry and the Deputy Minister of Mines of the Ministry, by providing time for a meeting with the activists of the mining sector, provide the ground for further coordination and synergy in new decisions and facilitation of mining affairs.
* Iranian Stone Association
