One Billion Dollar Investment in Mehdiabad Lead-Zinc Mine
Yazd-IRNA-Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade and Chairman of IMIDRO's Executing Agency, saying that the lead and zinc mine of Mahdi Abad is 20 million tons, said the investment would be worth $ 1 billion by exploiting the mine by the private sector. Became
According to IRNA, Mehdi Karbassian said on Tuesday at a ceremony to commence the operation of mining and quarrying at Mahdi Abad, Yazd, with the presence of the Minister of Industry, Mine, Trade, added: "The mine was identified and excavated in the 1930s and its activity was seriously underway in the government. And hope began.
He said that at the international auction, a domestic consortium won the auctions and completed the quarry of mine affairs and its factories within four years.
Karbassian said that in this collection for more than one thousand directly or three times as indirectly created jobs: Mahdi Abad mine, which is the second largest mine in the world, can meet the need of the country to provide this type of metal To be
The deputy minister of industry added that currently 420,000 tons of lead production is taking place on Iran, especially in the Anguran mine, but due to the completion of this mine, the production of the Mahdi Abad mine can solve the country's concerns.
"The number of mines in the world is declining in the world, and countries have gone to deep and sea exploration, but Iran remains a major mining country in the world, while the metal on the mine at everywhere, There is no world, therefore, it can be of great importance in the export dimension as one of the economic resistance policies for the country.
Karbassian pointed to the growth of mineral exploration in the eleventh government and said: In this government, only 250 thousand kilometers of exploratory work has been started by IMIDRO Organization since 1993, which could lead to future development and employment, and I promise to the people of Yazd province. Most of these discoveries will be good for the province.
Karbassian continues: Part of the findings of this exploration has led to an increase in reserves of 400 million tons of iron ore, 400 million tons of iron ore and 40 tons of gold for the country's discoveries.
The head of the IMIDRO board of directors, also pointing to the use of information from the Atomic Energy Agency, said the information, in particular, to the amount of rare earth elements in the country to more than 300,000 tons, would increase to one million tons, most of it in the same province. .
He added: "In this government and in the organization of IMIDRO, we had more than 24 trillion tomans of unfinished projects, with a definition of 73 large projects and the implementation of sections of which will soon be a big leap in the country."
The chairman of the board of directors of IMIDRO expressed his hope that, with the development and development of technologies in the lead mine at Mehdi Abad, in addition to increasing the value added of the mine, we will see more employment in the region and the province.
The lead mine on Mehdi Abad, with 200 million tons of mineral deposits containing 70 percent Zn and 30 percent lead, is one of the largest mines in the Middle East.
The mine is located in the Bahadoran Mehriz village, 45 km from Mehriz and 100 km from the center of Yazd province.
