Sunday, November 15, 2009

Slight Rise In Iran Iron Ore Production

Iran’s iron ore production reached 12,754,331 tons during the first half of this year which a 1 pct increase over 2008.


According to the Public Relations of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), the iron ore production breakdown was as follows:

4,000,771 tons were produced by iron ore unit of Chadormalo,
3,644,000 tons were produced by Golgohar,
2,723,000 tons were produced by Markazi Iron Ore and
1,616,000 tons were produced by other units.


Iron ore exports stood at 1,982,515 tons, showing an increase of 9 percent YoY, with a value of $116,256,000 during the first six months of this year.

Iron ore exploitation totalled 15,438,000 tons during the same period.


According to thereport, in the 6th month of this year, iron ore production and exploitation reached 2,303,639 tons and 2,255,095 tons respectively.

Source: ME Steel

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