TEHRAN - Production of coal concentrate by major subsidiaries of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) rose 65 percent in the first 10 months of the present Iranian fiscal year (March 21, 2022-January 20, 2023), as compared to the exact same time period in the past year.As IRIB reported, 2 significant IMIDRO subsidiary companies produced 666,154 tons of coal concentrate in the stated 10 months, 266,266 heaps more than the 399,888 lots produced in the same period last year.The pointed out business managed to draw out about 1.917 million tons of coal ore in 10 months of this year, signing up an 84 percent increase compared to the figure for the same duration in 2015 (1.44 million tons).
Due to the special conditions of coal mines in Iran, these mines go through tax exemption and any miners who need mining machinery can use the facilities and tax exemption in this sector to import their essential machinery.The countrys average annual coal concentrate production has to do with 1.5 million lots, while the nations present demand has actually gone beyond two million tons.Currently, Irans coal sector provides employment for 17,000 people, however, the capability of the countrys coal mines is far more than this figure, and the development of the mining sector and modernization jobs can play an effective role in increasing employment in this sector.Unofficial information indicate that there are 185 little and big coal mines in the nation, of which more than 59 percent are currently active, while 10 mines are being equipped and prepared, and the rest are idle.EF/