Turn mining capacity, encourage investment in national projects such as the four-Sarakhs rail axle of Four

Iran is among the first 15 countries in the world and the first Middle Eastern country to have mineral deposits.

Iran`s mineral reserves are estimated at about $ 43 billion, worth about $ 700 billion, which has led to the fifteenth of the world`s rich mineral resources.

The mining sector can play a crucial role in the economy of the country, with the exception of income and employment growth capacities.

The growth of the mining sector and its related industries and the production cycle in this area can significantly reduce the unemployment rate in many deprived areas.

Each small mineral unit generates at least 50 jobs; in average miners, at least 150 manpower are required to work; these statistics indicate that the development of mines at different levels can help to increase job opportunities in the country.

This large capacity in the mining sector has so far been neglected due to the infrastructure of the economy determined on the basis of oil revenues.

South Khorasan Province is known as one of the most privileged mineral resources of the country, which is among the 5 most prevalent provinces in terms of mineral resources; more than 2,200 mines are identified in this province, including 497 mines Is exploited.

According to the Organization of Industry, Mining and Commerce, the total capacity of the mines in operation in South Khorasan province is more than 2 billion and 200 million tons, currently only 12 million tons of minerals are mined annually; it is interesting that the current employment rate of these mines is more than From 10 thousand people.

Despite this special capacity in the southern Khorasan province, the province continues to be among the deprived provinces of the country, and the unemployment rate in the province in the year 96 was 11.5 percent.

One of the main reasons for not using this capacity is the lack of proper transportation infrastructure, since the first step after the extraction of minerals is to transfer it to processing centers and then to supply markets.

The massive and heavy use of these materials has led to the best way to carry the use of railroads, an infrastructure whose lack in the east of the country is more than any other area.

Chabahar Sarakhs railway is one of the infrastructure priorities of the rail network, which complements it, in addition to obtaining national benefits from transit revenues, the economy of the East will change the country.

The Chabahar Sarakhs axis is composed of 2 main pieces, its first part from Chabahar to Zahedan, the possibility of connecting Chabahar to the rail network and its second part, allowing Zahedan to connect to Birjand and ultimately providing a connection to the ferns.

The development of the first part, with a length of 580 km, has come into operation since the year 89 and now, after eight years from the start of the project, it has progressed by about 35%, while the second segment, which has been ranked in 1993 from the country`s development budget After four years, he has had almost no physical progress.

Continuing the method of injecting Gharakhkaani funds to this national project is a reason for the burning opportunity to activate the economic capacities of the East of the country, especially in South Khorasan, so the Ministry of Roads and Urban Planning should use other methods of financing this project, especially with the participation of the NGO sector Make

One of the effective ways of financing such projects is to use the public sector`s private and public partnership (PPP) capacity; this method can finance many of the half-finished construction projects that require a high volume of investment.

One of the guaranteeing methods for attracting investors to construct this strategic axis is to hand over some of the inactive mines of the east of the country to the investor. Thus, in addition to acquiring the mineral capacity of the east of the country, the owner of the line can, in addition to obtaining the right of access to the transit of transit goods and domestic, Income from mineral extraction will also be used and minimize the risk of investment in this project.