Director of the Iran ‘s Reviving and Developing Small Mines Programme, Reza Azimi announced that the country has revived 670 idle mines from the launch date of the programme, March 2019 until September 2021.
According to the Tehrantimes, Azimi stated that: “Since the beginning of the program until September 22, 2021, the identification, monitoring and prioritization of 7,000 mines, and mineral zones were done based on the comparative advantage of each province.”
Noting that clinical operations were carried out at 1,713 of the stated mines, and solutions were provided, of which a total of 670 mines were revived and developed, Azimi also shared that 15 mineral processing units were also supported and developed across the country under the framework of the program.
Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) which is in charge of implementing the reviving program, has also signed 37 memorandums of understanding for investment in infrastructure, scientific, research, and knowledge-based projects under the framework of the programme.
Azimi stated that IMIDRO has also introduced 62 mining companies to the Mining Investment Insurance Fund for obtaining facilities and eight mining startups are also being supported.
Over the past few years with new resilient economy strategies coming into play, the mining sector has become a major point of focus for the Iranian government and various organizations and bodies active in this sector have been tasked to implement new programs for boosting this sector.
As a major state-owned holding company active in the mining sector of the country, IMIDRO has been playing a significant part in the mentioned planning and has been implementing several new programs in all the main fields of the mining industry including exploration, machinery development, extraction and also reviving the country’s idle mines.
