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Economie| 10:25 - 28/05/2022
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Baghdad - Mawazine News
The General Company for Mishraq Sulfur, affiliated with the Ministry of Industry, revealed today, Saturday, the quantity of its production, plans and obstacles it suffers from, while indicating that it has approached the Council of Ministers and Representatives to lift the delay on mineral investment and instruct to resume work in the mineral wealth sector in support of the country’s budget, adding that stopping investment cause huge losses.
And the media center of the Ministry of Industry said: "The General Company for Al-Mishraq Sulfur produces refined sulfur in the main, in addition to alum and agricultural sulfur of its two types (ultra and medium softness), in addition to the production of sulfuric acid."
He added, "Due to the availability of sulfur ores in large quantities estimated at 320 million tons of free sulfur, the company was covering the local market with its products, in addition to exporting, but due to the occupation of the region by ISIS terrorist gangs in 2014, the company was destroyed."
He pointed out, "The lack of financial allocations to rehabilitate and operate the company from the investment budget allocations, so the company has started preparing an investment file for the purpose of declaring it as an investment opportunity."
He explained, "The procedures for proceeding in the investment process were halted based on the letter of the former Prime Minister's office, which includes (waiting and stopping mineral investment, and since then the ministry has approached, more than once, various authorities for the purpose of increasing the delay in investing in mineral wealth, and the approval was not obtained.")
He pointed out, "The ministry recently approached the offices of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi, for the purpose of raising the wait and instructing the resumption of work and investment in the mineral wealth sector."
And he indicated, "If this sector remains suspended, the country will suffer heavy losses and prevent it from supporting the state's general budget, instead of total dependence on oil, especially in the current stage in which the world is facing a food crisis, and thus the increased need for various fertilizers."
Regarding the history of the company’s work, he stated that “the General Company for Mishraq Sulfur was established in 1969 and is located in Nineveh Governorate, 45 km south of Mosul, and covers an area of 16,168 km2.”
He noted, "The company's chemical-extractive activity and its main products are purified sulfur according to the Iraqi Standard 3741 (99.85% sulfur, sulfuric acid, and agricultural sulfur alum),
adding: "The production of purified sulfur and sulfuric acid has stopped, due to its destruction by ISIS terrorist gangs, As the company is proceeding with the write-off procedures for the production of the latter.”
He continued, "The alum operates with available energy (39,000 tons / year), while the design capacity is 48,180 tons / year, while the raw materials (aluminum hydroxide, concentrated sulfuric acid) and ground agricultural sulfur operate with available energy (600 tons / year), while the design capacity is 750. ton/year.
He pointed out, "The raw material is granulated refined sulfur, which is produced according to the design capacity of 1 million tons / year."
He added, "The company consists of four industrial zones for the purposes of producing refined sulfur, which is the first industrial zone that works to extract and treat water, the second industrial zone, which includes steam and water boilers and compressors, and the third industrial zone prepared for sulfur extraction, while the fourth industrial zone is tasked with purifying sulfur." .
He pointed out, "The beneficiaries of the company's products are the Municipality of Baghdad, the provincial municipalities, the ministries of oil and electricity for the alum product, farmers and the private sector for the agricultural sulfur product, and the General Company for Phosphates and Exports for the refined sulfur product."
He stated, "The raw materials that the company needs are raw sulfur, raw water, saturated steam, compressed air and fuel."
He explained, "The industries that enter into filtered sulfur are phosphate fertilizers, medical sulfur, fungicides, oil industries, paper industries and raw materials (raw)."
He pointed out, "The estimated total reserve size is (320) million tons, with a concentration of about 98%, distributed over the site of the General Company for Mishraq Sulfur (Mishraq Sulfur 1), which is 45 km south of Mosul, with a quantity of 94.4 million tons. Which lies 15 km south of the city of Mosul, with a quantity of 23.5 million tons, and Al-Mishraq sulfur (2), which lies 45 km south of Mosul, with a quantity of 65.8 million tons. ".
He stressed, "The company's plans, which is a short-term plan that mainly depends on the ability to increase the production capacity of alum, and it depends on the volume of demand for the product, and the medium and long-term plan that includes a production line for refined sulfur with a design capacity of one million tons and granulated sulfur, which was announced as an investment opportunity." The procedures were suspended until new instructions were received."
He continued, "The alum production plant (from local kaolin clays with an implicit unit for the production of concentrated sulfuric acid), where an investment file was prepared for the production of alum from Kaolin with a production capacity of 100,000 tons / year, with an implicit unit for the production of concentrated sulfuric acid with a capacity of 75,000 tons / year, and it was referred to one of the investing companies and is currently in the negotiation stage.” Ended 29 / p. 87
And the media center of the Ministry of Industry said: "The General Company for Al-Mishraq Sulfur produces refined sulfur in the main, in addition to alum and agricultural sulfur of its two types (ultra and medium softness), in addition to the production of sulfuric acid."
He added, "Due to the availability of sulfur ores in large quantities estimated at 320 million tons of free sulfur, the company was covering the local market with its products, in addition to exporting, but due to the occupation of the region by ISIS terrorist gangs in 2014, the company was destroyed."
He pointed out, "The lack of financial allocations to rehabilitate and operate the company from the investment budget allocations, so the company has started preparing an investment file for the purpose of declaring it as an investment opportunity."
He explained, "The procedures for proceeding in the investment process were halted based on the letter of the former Prime Minister's office, which includes (waiting and stopping mineral investment, and since then the ministry has approached, more than once, various authorities for the purpose of increasing the delay in investing in mineral wealth, and the approval was not obtained.")
He pointed out, "The ministry recently approached the offices of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi, for the purpose of raising the wait and instructing the resumption of work and investment in the mineral wealth sector."
And he indicated, "If this sector remains suspended, the country will suffer heavy losses and prevent it from supporting the state's general budget, instead of total dependence on oil, especially in the current stage in which the world is facing a food crisis, and thus the increased need for various fertilizers."
Regarding the history of the company’s work, he stated that “the General Company for Mishraq Sulfur was established in 1969 and is located in Nineveh Governorate, 45 km south of Mosul, and covers an area of 16,168 km2.”
He noted, "The company's chemical-extractive activity and its main products are purified sulfur according to the Iraqi Standard 3741 (99.85% sulfur, sulfuric acid, and agricultural sulfur alum),
adding: "The production of purified sulfur and sulfuric acid has stopped, due to its destruction by ISIS terrorist gangs, As the company is proceeding with the write-off procedures for the production of the latter.”
He continued, "The alum operates with available energy (39,000 tons / year), while the design capacity is 48,180 tons / year, while the raw materials (aluminum hydroxide, concentrated sulfuric acid) and ground agricultural sulfur operate with available energy (600 tons / year), while the design capacity is 750. ton/year.
He pointed out, "The raw material is granulated refined sulfur, which is produced according to the design capacity of 1 million tons / year."
He added, "The company consists of four industrial zones for the purposes of producing refined sulfur, which is the first industrial zone that works to extract and treat water, the second industrial zone, which includes steam and water boilers and compressors, and the third industrial zone prepared for sulfur extraction, while the fourth industrial zone is tasked with purifying sulfur." .
He pointed out, "The beneficiaries of the company's products are the Municipality of Baghdad, the provincial municipalities, the ministries of oil and electricity for the alum product, farmers and the private sector for the agricultural sulfur product, and the General Company for Phosphates and Exports for the refined sulfur product."
He stated, "The raw materials that the company needs are raw sulfur, raw water, saturated steam, compressed air and fuel."
He explained, "The industries that enter into filtered sulfur are phosphate fertilizers, medical sulfur, fungicides, oil industries, paper industries and raw materials (raw)."
He pointed out, "The estimated total reserve size is (320) million tons, with a concentration of about 98%, distributed over the site of the General Company for Mishraq Sulfur (Mishraq Sulfur 1), which is 45 km south of Mosul, with a quantity of 94.4 million tons. Which lies 15 km south of the city of Mosul, with a quantity of 23.5 million tons, and Al-Mishraq sulfur (2), which lies 45 km south of Mosul, with a quantity of 65.8 million tons. ".
He stressed, "The company's plans, which is a short-term plan that mainly depends on the ability to increase the production capacity of alum, and it depends on the volume of demand for the product, and the medium and long-term plan that includes a production line for refined sulfur with a design capacity of one million tons and granulated sulfur, which was announced as an investment opportunity." The procedures were suspended until new instructions were received."
He continued, "The alum production plant (from local kaolin clays with an implicit unit for the production of concentrated sulfuric acid), where an investment file was prepared for the production of alum from Kaolin with a production capacity of 100,000 tons / year, with an implicit unit for the production of concentrated sulfuric acid with a capacity of 75,000 tons / year, and it was referred to one of the investing companies and is currently in the negotiation stage.” Ended 29 / p. 87
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