World’s Third Largest Zinc Deposit Opened in Iran

 

Operation of the largest lead and zinc mine in Iran with the presence of Minister of Industry, Mine in Mahdi Abad, Yazd.

According to the news network,

 The mine, with its discoveries so far, has a reserve of 160 million tons and is the first hope of zinc and lead industries in Iran to feed.

The investment cost of the project is estimated at $ 1.2 billion.

The construction of processing plants with a capacity of 800 thousand tons of zinc concentrate, 80 thousand tons of lead and silver concentrate and 180 million tons of pre-vapour operations are also the main goals of the plan.

Mahdi Abad Yazd Mine with 21 million tons of zinc metal is the third largest reserve in the world.