Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine restarted the VH Stone stone processing plant in Sisian. VH Stone was founded in 2000 and has been owned by ZMMK since 2015. The enterprise, which previously provided about 120 jobs, ceased operations in 2019 and did not function for more than 3 years. The new management of ZMMK made a strategic decision to restart the plant, taking into account the importance of the enterprise for the city of Sisian, as well as within the framework of a program to improve the efficiency of all ZMMK enterprises.

Now the plant has 40 employees. The production volume is 2500 square meters of products per month. The factory has the opportunity to expand its production capacity to 5000 square meters, providing up to 80-100 jobs. Almost 100% of the workers are local residents.

The processing industry volume in January-July 2022 compared to January-July 2021 increased by 16.4%, of which the volume of food production increased by 11.1%, the production of beverages by 1.6%, and the volume of production of other non-metallic mineral products by 82.2%. Compared to July 2021, the processing industry volume in July 2022 increased by 23.1%, of which the volume of food production increased by 8.2%, the production of beverages by 12%, and the production of other non-metallic mineral products by 172.2%.