Baku, Azerbaijan, May 19
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
A total of 262,000 tons of lussatite are extracted annually in Iran’s northern Semnan province, Chairman of the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Semnan province Behruz Asvadi said.
The quality of the extracted lussatite is more than 90 percent, Asvadi added, Trend reports referring to the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization’s website.
He added that there are mines in Sorhe, Semnan, Damgan, Shahrud and Meyami districts.
There are about 600 mines in Semnan province, Asvadi said.
About 23 million tons of mining materials are extracted from these mines annually, he said.
Asvadi said that Iran ranks first thanks to gypsum, salt, lussatite, celestine, zeolite and sodium sulfate extracted in Semnan province.