Khartoum, Sept. 14 (SUNA) The minister of minerals, prof. Hashim Ali Salim has announced his welcome to participate in the international mining conference to be held in china, lauding in the same time the economic partnership between two countries, and china has provided during the past years in support and the success of the country's development projects.

The chairman of the association of the Chinese mining companies, during his meeting with minerals minister, has stressed his country desire to expand the volume of its investment in Sudan, declaring a number of important projects his county intend to present in framework of the joint cooperation between the two countries top of it the treatment of the usage of mercury and the project for finding an alternative to the cyanide.
 
He reveal during the meeting the arrangements made by the Chinese executive committee with coordination of the Sudan's embassy in Beijing for the Sudan's participation in the mining international mining conference due to be held in the 24 th of current September in the Chinese city of Qingji.

The mineral minister and the director of the general corporation for the geological researches will represent the Sudan in the conference.

The conference is a good opportunity to introduce the potential of Sudan potentials of mineral resources, and would enable a number of influential Chinese mining companies to present their programs to invest in Sudan.

He noted to the possibility of establishing a number of important industrial centers for copper, chrome and marble in the states which have high percentages of these minerals, pointing out that the promotion of those industries would contribute to the development of those areas.