Iran is listed in the top 15 mineral and metals rich countries. Iran has about 37 billion tonnes of proven reserves and more than 57 billion tonnes of potential reserves.
An analysis is that the Iran is the only have large underground resources like hydrocarbon, mineral or metal but it is in the top list of the global production numbers of several of it.
It is estimated in some reports that Iran holds more than seven percent of the world’s mineral reserves.
Major Iranian mining companies produced 12.6 MnT Iron Ore concentrate in the first four months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), up 28% Y-o-Y.
Iron Ore Concentrate Output
According to the report of public relations IMIDRO , Gol Gohar mining company was ranked first with 4.5 MnT iron ore concentrates output, followed by Chadormalu with 2.9 MnT, Central Iron Ore Company with 1.6 MnT, Middle East Mine and Mining Industries Development Company with 1.3 MnT, Gohar Zamin with 1.4 MnT, Sangan Parsian Opal with 0.77 MnT and Sangan Iron Ore Complex with 0.19 MnT.
Granulated Iron Ore Production
Based on the report, 6 major mining companies during the first four months of the current Iranian year produced 1.9 MnT granular iron ore, indicating a decrease of 8% compared with the corresponding period last year.
Central Iron Ore Company ranked first with a production of 0.61 MnT granulated iron ore. Jalal Abad Company and the Iranian Central Plateau with a production of 0.35 MnT ranked second and third respectively.
Sangan, Chadormalu and Mishdowan produced 0.37 MnT, 0.13 MnT and 0.1 MnT respectively.
The Iran Iron Ore production numbers from FY10-11 to FY12-13 show that it has grown consistently.
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