According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Fereydoun Fadai Dolat, in a press conference, added: "These five projects, which include a limestone paper factory, a cement factory, a stone-cutting factory with the aim of exporting decorative stones, a magnesium oxide factory, as well as a transportation terminal The relocation is to facilitate the entry and exit of machinery and service to drivers, their construction operations will begin soon and within the next few months in the Lamerd Special Economic Zone.

He said: "Also, the construction of a fuel station is another project for which a permit has been issued, and we hope that this project will be finalized and its executive operations will begin within the framework of this economic complex."

The official continued: "Economic and technical feasibility study of 15 investment projects in the downstream area of ​​aluminum (Lamerd) has been formulated, which will be presented to applicant investors."

Fadaei Mellat added: Completing and upgrading infrastructure and infrastructure, identifying and introducing more investment opportunities to economic actors as two basic strategies to enhance the position of Lamerd Special Economic Zone, which is now the main result of these efforts.

Referring to the follow-ups done to complete the infrastructure of Lamerd Special Economic Zone, he said: The access road around the Lamerd site is 44 km in the area of ​​this industrial complex and the peripheral road in the development area is 22 km long and the arterial and side roads inside the site. It was built with a length of 30 km.

The CEO of Lamerd Special Economic Zone also addressed some of the measures of this economic complex, which is currently operating with a capacity of about 100,000 tons, and said: increasing the capacity of incoming gas to this zone from 10 to 29 million cubic meters per hour by connecting The global gas network is over.

Fadaei Mellat added: "Also, the flood dam on the western side of this complex, with a length of eight and a half kilometers and a credit of more than 100 billion rials, with the aim of protecting industries, has been completed and put into operation."

He said: during the operation of this industrial unit, a 400 kV power line was implemented with the aim of supplying electricity to this complex, and the other line of this high-voltage power plant is in the final stages, and some of the other aluminum boilers in this special area will arrive soon. They become circuits.

The CEO of Lamerd Special Economic Zone continued: The construction of a 132 kV substation and a 100 MW power plant is one of the other projects in the field of electricity strengthening in this special zone, which will be financed and implemented by the Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (Imidro).

He added: Installation and implementation of 2 desalination plants to desalinate water required by industries with a capacity of 60 liters per second is one of the other measures of this industrial complex, which is currently being used at 20 liters per second and conditions of use for other industries are being established. Is provided.

Fadai Dolat, stated: Payment of part of the claims of contractors and real estate opponents, completion of temporary office building and repair camp on the site and opening of branches of Tejarat and Melli Bank in this area, implementation and certification of integrated management system including ISO 9001, 45001 management standards , 14001, and HSE-MS For the first time, equipping the transport fleet of the Special Economic Zone with the increase of required vehicles, commissioning of the 10 MW solar power plant of Karkheh Petroleum Company, are among the measures taken in this special economic zone.

He also announced the establishment and operation of the BTS site (BTS), the implementation of CCTV cameras, an advanced call center 256 and the development of fiber optic network for full telecommunications and Internet coverage to provide services to industries, the start of operations of clinic buildings And the fire brigade mentioned the provision of infrastructure required by the Southern Aluminum Industries Complex for the establishment and continuous cooperation in holding a value-added commission for the export of aluminum ingots products as other measures pursued.

According to this industrial director, the construction of a customs unit window for the establishment of various units in order to provide services to investors is one of the other infrastructure projects that have been pursued for its implementation and financing.

Concluding several memoranda of understanding for investment development

The CEO of Lamerd Special Economic Zone also stated: "With the motivation of developing investment in this special zone, several memorandums have been concluded, including a memorandum of cooperation with the Vice President for Science and Technology to provide low-cost facilities to buyers of machinery and equipment." Domestic construction pointed to investors in this economic complex.

Fadayi Dolat added: Signing a cooperation agreement between the region and especially Lamerdo Center for Presidential Transformation and Development Cooperation with the aim of activating the capacities of the special zone by using international interactions to establish effective communication between recipients and holders of relevant capabilities and technical knowledge and facilitate project financing. And investment projects in the technological and innovative fields are another of these memoranda.

Concluding a Memorandum of Understanding between Lamerd Special Zone and Amin Capital Financing Company with the aim of financing and capitalizing investment projects and cooperating with the Iran-Qatar Joint Chamber of Commerce to develop investment in this economic hub and also concluding a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran Aluminum Syndicate Inviting investors active in the field of aluminum and introducing specialized packages for this basic industry are other memoranda that this industrial manager mentioned.

Concluding a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Roads for the development of roads in the Lamerd Special Economic Zone

He added: in the framework of Imidro Memorandum of Understanding, Larestan General Administration of Roads and Urban Development and Fars Governorate with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development to improve access roads to Lamerd Special Zone, asphalt paving and road widening (first lane) from the Special Zone site to the entrance of the city And the construction of the second lane of this route, the implementation of the non-coplanar intersection of the entrance and exit and the Lamerd belt to the Lamerd-Parsian freeway are other clauses of this memorandum, which will be done with the participation of 50% of the parties.

Willingness of 40 investors to invest in Lamerd Special Zone

The CEO of Lamerd Special Economic Zone said: "During the last 20 months, 74 groups of investors visited the Lamerd Special Economic Zone and after explaining the capacities and investment packages for them, about 30 to 40 of them were willing to invest in this area." With the submission of the application, the process of handing over the land to them began and some of them started operating and some of them are concluding contracts.

Regarding other important measures in attracting investors in this economic zone, Fadai Dolat stated: With the follow-ups done, the aluminum sheet production factory (Kavosh Faraz Fars Company) in front of the South Aluminum Factory, the stone production factory (Chahorz Municipality), factories Assembly of home appliances and road construction machinery (Kowsar Sepehr Parsian Company) is underway, and by exploiting these projects, about 200 people will be directly employed.

He said: "Before my tenure in this special economic zone, about 300 hectares of land had been transferred to investors in this area, but during my term of office, 124 hectares of land have been transferred to private investors and about 100 hectares in It is a transfer.

According to the CEO of Lamerd Special Economic Zone, more than one thousand direct jobs have been created in this special zone and in the final horizon, employment capacity is projected for about 30,000 people.

According to the officials, in Lamerd Special Economic Zone, the possibility of annual production of aluminum with a capacity of about one million tons, cement with a capacity of 10 million tons, magnesium with a capacity of 60,000 tons, combined cycle power plant, solar power plant, petrochemical with an annual capacity of five million tons, refinery Gas condensate, butane production chain, propylene production from propane, backup industries and downstream steel industries are provided.

The Special Economic Zone is a specific geographical area at the point of entry or within the country, which aims to attract foreign and domestic capital, as well as to create the field of production and trade activities to increase exports of goods and provide optimal services for active presence in regional and international markets. Internationally created.

Among the benefits of the special economic zone, issuance of construction permits and completion of investment and production work for free, compliance with the labor law of free trade and industrial zones, import of production line machinery and tools and furniture without customs duties, customs activity up to value added And the payment of customs duties in excess of the value added of foreign parts in production, retail sale of goods for foreign nationals and special tax discounts.

Lamerd city is located 365 km south of Shiraz.

* IRNA