Operations to Exploit World’s Second Largest Lead-Zinc Mine in Yazd Launch

 

With the presence of the Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade, the lead-zinc mine and the Barit Mahdi Abad mine of Yazd, the second largest reservoir of lead and zinc in the world, began.

Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Shata Engineer Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, on Tuesday morning during a one-day visit to Yazd, and in his first work plan, while visiting a field of lead and zinc mine and Barit Mahdi Abad in Yazd, officially announced the launch of the mine operation. Made

The mine, located 116 kilometers south-east of Yazd, has the capability to extract 400 thousand tons of barite and one million and 200 thousand tons of lead and zinc per year and is the second largest reservoir of lead and zinc in the world.

It is worth noting that after the legal process of attracting an investor to construct and exploit a mine, a consortium of road construction and mining company Mobin, South Aria, the development of copper processing, Smerk mines, the Association of Lead and Zinc Industries and Industries as The winner of the investment was announced that the contract was signed to the consortium on March 9, 1995 at the official ceremony with the presence of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade and the country's mineral managers.

It is to be noted that the equipping of the workshop and the entry of machinery began in April this year, and so far large amounts of machinery, including Sha'al Lihobor, 12 tons of 100 tons of livestock trucks, 12 lorries of 35 tons, drilling equipment and Komatsu loader have been introduced to the site.

Also, planning for the dumping of nearly 30 million tonnes was done in accordance with the contract and drilling operations for the oxidation unit sampling, and preliminary studies of the sites for wastewater disposal were carried out by ATC Australia, which will finalize these studies in the near future. Became

On the other hand, according to the plans, in order to complete the studies and eliminate the existing information deficiencies and update the studies and reports, the coordination of the presence of H & SC experts at the Mahdi Abad site has taken place, and soon these experts will be on the site of the company Will attend.