The mining sector in Qom is a ready platform for attracting investors

The mining sector in Qom is a ready platform for attracting investors
  • 2020-12-30
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Head of Qom Industry, Mining and Trade Organization: The mining sector in this province is a ready platform to attract investors interested in economic activities in the field of mines and mining industries.

According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Mahmoud Sijani stated: Qom is a province with significant mineral capacities, the use of which can bring a good income for investors and exploiters in this field.

He added: "In recent years, with the cooperation of specialized institutions in the field of mines, the mining sectors of Qom have been identified separately and are ready to attract investors with the intended facilities."

He continued: "In order to expand economic activities in the field of mines in the province, in compliance with environmental standards, we are ready to cooperate with the private sector in providing licenses and other support packages such as banking facilities."

Referring to the benefits of the province's mining sector to attract investors, Sijani said: "Apart from the variety of materials and infrastructure facilities, the proximity of Qom mines to the main roads and major consumer markets is one of the advantages of investing in this sector."

He added: supporting the exploiters in this field to activate more mines, creating processing units next to the mines and improving productivity and activating small mines, paying facilities for modernization of machinery used in mines and field visits to the province's mines to solve problems and problems of exploiters, including programs Qom Silence Organization is in connection with the development of this important economic sector of the province.

About 100 mines are active in Qom province with an investment of more than 1,065 billion rials and job creation for 1,294 people.

There are 2% of mines in the whole country in Qom and this issue shows the need to pay more attention to the capacities of this area to increase the income level of the province; In this regard, the strategy of Qom Industry, Mining and Trade Organization is to prevent the sale of crude minerals to be processed in order to create more economic added value in the mining sector of the province by processing them.

استانThe most important known reserves of the province include metal mines (lead, zinc, copper, manganese), non-metallic mines (kaolin, barite, salt and sodium sulfate) and mines of raw materials for construction materials (decorative stones, marble, granite, carcasses, limestone and limestone Gypsum) that by using new projects and optimal use of these minerals can generate income-generating businesses in the field of mineral industry in the province.

According to the strategy set in the year of the production leap, 147,000 tons of materials and mineral industries will be exported from Qom to international markets. The export value of these products is more than 112 million dollars and will play an effective role in the realization of the province's trade development plans.

* IRNA