Eng. Sufian Allaw Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources discussed during a meeting Thursday in the General Establishment of Geology in Latakia with the directors of central administration the reality of the work section and production plans for this year and next and the difficulties encountered and ways to overcome them to promote the development of production and implementation of plans.

Allaw stressed the need to develop the work of the branch and increase the performance and focus on the optimum utilization of mineral resources available and manufactured especially that Latakia branch oversees the asphalt factory infidel, which aims to develop the industry, asphalt industry, isolation and the establishment of factories, coil, pointing out that one of the companies are looking with the Ministry of access of the asphalt in the generation of electric power.

oil minister pointed out to the ministry care of the great investment of this wealth of asphalt, which have large reserves of it up to about 17 million tons in the infidel where the ministry will dispatch technical delegations of workers in the section to visit some foreign countries including Cyprus, Germany, for some specific experiences in the field of The use of isolation with asphalt and sophisticated methods to achieve the performance of technically and economically better.

The meeting discussed in detail the possibility of developing the Kassab and Badrusian marble industry with quarries important marble which is characterized by good quality and are required in the market and also marble of Palmyra and Musiaf which is still supervised by a branch of Latakia and ways to view the larger quantities and better quality in local markets to compete with imported marble, especially the marble Syrian high standards are very good and desirable citizens, but may need some improvement in the dimensions and sizes and quality.

They also discussed the reality of quarries in the province of Latakia, which opened allowed for a temporary period pending the processing of an alternative site but there is a dispute over fees, rehabilitation and will be pursued with the concerned governorate to find a quick solution to this issue in the public interest and the interests of licensed in the quarries.

The Minister of Oil briefed with the concerned branch of the institution existing administrative and realities of the labor force after the termination of the marble company and asphalt and merge branches where there has been a large number of workers in Latakia branch numbering 860 workers and emphasis on preserving all the rights and privileges and their earnings and work to optimize their potential .
Mohammed Omran Branch Manager Corporation Latakia presentation of branch activities and plans of productivity and rates of implementation and the difficulties encountered in terms of controversial issues with the Ministry of Agriculture and the promotion of Syrian products through participation in foreign exhibitions and the subject of investing surplus labor and the pursuit through increased production, improved and developed to ensure self-resources of the branch.

Then the minister a field trip to the lab plaster and marble quarry and asphalt Latakia in Kferia for the reality of work and acquainted with the problems facing work towards finding ways to solve them.

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