Monday 29 October 2012

Iron ore concentrate plant inaugurated in southeast Iran

27th October, Tehran Times
TEHRAN - Iran inaugurated on Saturday an iron ore concentrate plant, with the production capacity of two million tons per annum, in the city of Zarand, southeastern Kerman Province, ILNA reported.

Over 7 trillion rials (some $570 million) has been invested by the private sector in the project. It will create 150 direct jobs and 400 indirect jobs.

The deputy director of Iran's Geology and Mineral Exploration Organization, Behrouz Borna, has said Iran is one of the top 15 countries in world in regard to mineral reserves and exports its industrial and mineral products to 159 countries, including Iraq, China, the United Arab Emirates, India, and Afghanistan.

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