(October 5, 2015) Two hundred million dollar investment in the technology sector for the modernization of 5,000 processing plants in the country, over 500 active quarries and 87 thousand people employed in the industry, including mining and processing sector. The stone industry in Iran – with Italy, China and India among the top four producing countries in the world – has an important tradition that the local government intends to strengthen. For this the 50th edition of Marmomacc, the international event dedicated to natural stone that was held recently at the Verona Fair, Iran has organized a qualified exhibition presence. In Verona, made also a stop the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Mining, Jafar Sargheini. “Iran is a stable and reliable actor in the Middle East and is a strong economy in the region. The government has provided some important benefits for companies that invest, both with regard to taxation and the protection of profits and on the workforce employed by a policy of maximum cooperation and highly advantageous for the investor in terms of energy costs. We are very interested in developing, through VeronaFiere-Marmomacc, synergies and cooperation in the field of natural stone, as well as consider the technology sector of the Italian as the best in the world”, Sargheini stressed during the meeting with the leaders of VeronaFiere. (red)
