TEHRAN, Iran, March 4
Trend:
There are 117 mineral, sand and stone processing units active in the West Azerbaijan Province, Deputy Director of Provincial Mines and Minerals Organization Parisa Abedpour said, Trend reports via IRNA.
"Thirty nine of these units are active in stone-carving which have created 519 new jobs,” Abedpour said.
“The production capacity of this number of stone units is estimated at more than 827,000 tons of stone per year,” she said.
She also stated that there are 78 units working in the field of sand processing in the West Azerbaijan Province. The activity of these units helped create 847 direct jobs.
“The production capacity of this number of sand processing units is more than 8.3 million tons per year.”
Abedpour also stated that the aim is to prevent the sale of crude minerals.