Interview

One of the advantages of Iran is the diversity of its minerals to such an extent that out of Mendeleev’s Table close to 70 minerals are available in the country. When the government carries out preliminary exploration studies, the risk level would reduce to less than 50% and the project could be transferred to real private sector. Dr. Mehdi Karbasian is a veteran state manager who took over the largest mining holding of the public sector – Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) - in September 2013. Dr. Karbasian was assigned to run IMIDRO at a time when repeated appointments and dismissals of managers at the organization and transfer of its subsidiary companies to the Social Securities Organization had raised many questions about its performance and effectiveness.

Maintains that rapid technological changes suggest essential needs in mining and its associated industries, and ultimately lead us to acquire up-to-date knowledge in the exploration, extraction and processing fields.