EghtesadOnline: A total of 7.7 million tons of iron ore concentrate were produced in Iran during the first two months of the current fiscal year (March 21-May 21), to register a 27% growth compared with last year’s corresponding period.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian miners exported a total of 964,200 tons of iron ore in April, recording a 33% drop compared with last year’s similar period, according to provisional data published by market analyst Keyvan Jafari Tehrani.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian miners exported a total of 1.85 million tons of iron ore in February, recording a 16.1% growth compared to January shipments, market analyst, Keyvan Jafari Tehrani, said.
EghtesadOnline: A recent Supreme Court of India's decision to cancel all iron ore mining leases in an ore-rich state can open the way for Iranian ore miners to increase their share in the Chinese market.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian iron ore miners experienced a good year in 2017, as they became the sixth largest supplier of the material to China by shipping about 22 million tons to the world’s largest importer of iron ore.
EghtesadOnline: Two iron ore processing plants were inaugurated by a host of government and industry officials in Khorasan Razavi’s Sangan Mineral Zone on Thursday.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian steelmakers and iron ore companies are actively working on the expansion of iron ore processing and direct reduced iron/hot-briquetted iron capacities to fulfill the government’s plan for a massive expansion of steel production to 55 million tons per year.
EghtesadOnline: There is a never-ending competition for supplying raw steelmaking materials and this is at its fiercest in China as the world’s largest producer and consumer of iron ore. Iran, however, is missing out on the competition and is wholly dependent on Chinese imports.
EghtesadOnline: National Industries and Mining Development Company’s 2.5-million-ton per year iron ore concentrate plant started its pilot production on Saturday.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian iron ore miners exported over 8.69 million tons of granulated hematite iron ore with over 40% content worth $491.82 million during the first six months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22), indicating a 7% and 54% year-on-year growth in shipment volume and value respectively, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced.