Iran’s authorities will stop the supply of electricity to local miners – Bits Media

The Iranian authorities decided to disable registered miners from electricity due to energy deficit in the country.

Currently works legally in Iran 118 mining companies. However, from the first day of the month of Tyr (22 june) They will lose access to electricity. In total in Iran, more were issued 1 000 mining licenses, and there are also many underground mining farms due to the extremely low cost of electricity.

According to the publication of Tehran Times with reference to the Minister of Energy Iran Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi (Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi), Last week, energy consumption in the country has reached 62 500 MW. In the near future, the indicator will reach 63 000 MW, and there is not enough generation in Iran. The authorities decided to stop the supply of electricity to miners, to avoid fan shutdings.

Iranian authorities tried to fight underground mining. In April, it was decided to significantly increase the punishment for unlicensed mining. However, This did not affect the popularity of this type of activity too much.