Mehdiabad Mining Complex Investor Contract to Close Before Nowrooz 96 (2017)
As reported by Minews correspondent, in the 7th Conference of Iran's Steel and Mining Industry Vision, Karbasian added: "Mehdiabad Mine carat might be lower than the international standards but it can be upgraded by technology.
He said: Angoran reserve of the lead and zinc will finish in maximum 10 years, therefore the operation of the Mehdiabad Mine and its replacement with Angoran Mine is of great importance.
Minews correspondent had an interview with IMIDRO Chairman Mehdi Karbasian, which follows:
What do you think of The 7th Conference of Iran's Steel and Mining Industry Vision?
The seventh Conference of the mining and steel industry Outlook with the Outlook of the future and look to export a valuable work that was definitely IMIDRO also welcomes it. In my opinion, the Conference has been held in a better year after year. Especially because this year's Conference was held after the berjam exactly the same subject and one of the privileges of this year's Conference. This year the prestigious companies attended the Conference and delivered on the basis of facts available was well done. This year's Conference was a valuable thing that this was determined according to progress well in MSN and steel industry of the country in line with the implementation of a comprehensive program and taken in the production of steel and the export growth we've been seeing. While the bottleneck of the steel industry is also at the Conference were studied.
In the Conference you talked about Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani again. Do you have memories of his era?
Here he is again due to the lack and the lack of the presence of this great man and the construction of the country and compassionate man said I regret. He attends this year's mining and mineral-processing industry IMIDRO in December to accept our invitation and undergraduate lecture and participated in very far. He is one of the city and the province were to presidential mineral and therefore know very well relative to this field. The servant had success at the time of their presence in the expediency Council several times to mine and field performance reports IMIDRO offer my deployed. Johnson had a great mastery in the field of mining and in the meetings with each other the necessary information exchanged. He is highly interested in the progress of Iran. 1370 of the year by the Board of Ministers of the Organization of the responsibility of the Department of social security is that I got a choice servant after a review conducted to pay off the debt that the Government be reached as a result of his social security organization and must, like all pension funds social security organizations around the world will also be entering the investment itself. Yes the same thing cause I gave them to the proposed establishment of Shasta, and he also accepted the Government's offer of the defense staff, and Shasta were able to make and give back to ourselves. He later supported with State property was entrusted to the Organization and formed a backing and Shasta for the Pension Fund. The construction of the hospital Supreme for workers also in the same time. One of the great hospitals were built at that time, Milad hospital beds for 1000. When the hospital was full, we in the social security organization for the supply of the equipment require hospital treatment had currency exchange and Ministry of health have limited time and was assigned to us. The servant told him that the need to have a currency and the currency of the Presidency that for presidential trips. It was a priority to us and we were able to equip the modern hospital.
Please provide an overview of the latest status of Mehdiabad Mining Complex and its investment contract.
This mine is the largest lead and zinc mine in the region of the Middle East. This mine in terms of Carat is lower than international standards but with the use of the technology of the day it can be operable. One of our primary concerns which is still there is that Angoran Mine reserve finishes in maximum 10 years and there is great concern on the country's zinc melting plant with an approximate capacity of 400 thousand tons. Fortunately, recently an internal consortium won the auction of Mehdiabad Mining Complex development and the construction of the factory concentrates on the side of it. This consortium has submitted the required warranty and soon over the next two to three weeks the contract will be signed and the operation will start immediately.
