Happens Today Morning: Iran’s Largest Zinc Mine and Factories Operations Launched at Presence of Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade

 

Mining operations and construction of Mahdi Abad lead and zinc factories were opened today with the presence of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade and the chairman of the IMIDRO Executive Committee.

According to the Public Relations Department of the Organization for the Development and Renewal of Mining and Mining Industries of Iran, a decree on mining operations and the construction of lead and zinc factories in Mehdi Abad during a ceremony attended by Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Mehdi Karbassian, Jafar Sarghini, Deputy Minister of Mineral Affairs and Mineral Industries, Mayor Mohammadi Governor Yazd and a group of country and provincial officials attending this visit.

The definitive reserve of the lead and zinc mine of Mehdi Abad, the largest lead and zinc mine in Iran, and one of the world's largest lead and zinc in the world, is 154 million tons, with 88 million tons of the definite reserves of the mine, "sulfur" and 66 million tons Another is Oxidae, with precise exploratory operations expected to reach more than 700 million tons.

The geological storage of barite is 124 million tons, 84 million tons of which can be extracted. The Pit Zinc Mine and Lead Mahdi Abad is 1903 meters long, 1433 meters wide and 340 meters deep.

Mahdi Abad Lead and Zinc Mine is located 115 kilometers south-east of Yazd city (Mehriz city)