Khartoum, Dec.31(SUNA)-The Sudanese Company for Mineral Resources has honored companies which have achieved the planed production in the year 2021. Director –General of the Company Mubarak Ardol who spoke on behalf of the Minister of Minerals lauded efforts being made by the companies that achieved the planed rate of production despite obstacles they faced in the year 2021. He referred to one of the challenges that faced the mineral sector, most notably the spread of mixers using thiourea in the production areas and markets and and its deadly health effects on humans and the environment. Ardol pointed to a major campaign launched in the River Nile State by the Company to remove mixers, with personal follow-up from the Minister of Minerals. The Director General of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Ltd. pointed to the necessity of establishment of the gold exchange project during 2022, announcing the Company's plan to establish a window for the company to complete the production and marketing cycle. He also announced the company's intention to establish a special laboratory to analyze mineral resources, indicating that these steps come within the framework of the self-development of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company to cope withy the development in the mining sector. ab/ab