Two new iron ore processing plants are expected to come on stream by the end of the current Iranian month (May 21-June 20), according to managing director of Sangan Mineral and Industrial Company.
“Sangan Concentrate Plant, located in Khaf County of Khorasan Razavi Province, has a production capacity of 5 million tons per year,” Ali Emraei was also quoted as saying by the news portal of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization.
“More than 50% of the equipment used in this plant have been domestically-produced and the project has been set up by Iranian experts,” he said.
The plant’s output will be used for Mobarakeh Steel Company’s pellet production.
Located in southwestern Isfahan, Mobarakeh Steel Company is the biggest steel producer in Iran as well as the Middle East and North Africa region.
Emraei noted that the plant will help prevent the sale of unprocessed minerals and creates 500 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs.
The other project to come on stream is Sanabad Pellet Plant, also located in Khaf County.
According to Mohammad Madanifar, the managing director of Sanabad Tose'e Faragir Industrial and Mineral Company, known as SIMIDCO, this plant’s production capacity stands at 2.5 million tons per year.
It is expected to create 250 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs, he added.
A total of 47.3 million tons of iron ore concentrates were produced in Iran in the last Iranian year (March 2019-20) to register a 4% growth compared with the corresponding period of the year before.
Golgohar Mining and Industrial Complex, which accounted for 16.01 million tons of the total output (up 3% YOY), was followed by Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Complex with 9.66 million tons (up 9% YOY), Middle East Mines and Mining Industries Development Holding Company with 5.26 million tons (up 5% YOY), Iran Central Iron Ore Company with 4.67 million tons (down 12% YOY), Goharzamin Iron Ore Company with 4.53 million tons (up 2% YOY), Opal Parsian Sangan with 3.03 million tons (up 1% YOY), National Development Industrial and Mineral Company with 2.47 million tons (up 54% YOY), Sabanour Mining and Industrial Development Company with 1.13 million tons (up 2% YOY) and Jalalabad Iron Ore Complex with 510,027 tons (down 2% YOY).
Iron ore production in the form of fines/lumps totaled 3.93 million tons during the 12-month period, going down 37% YOY. Production in the 12th month stood at 228,531 tons to register a 20% decline YOY.
Sabanour Mining and Industrial Development Company accounted for 1.96 million tons of the total output (up 20% YOY), followed by Iranian Central Plateau Iron Ore Mines Complex with 816,010 tons (down 18% YOY), Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Complex with 500,000 tons (up 30% YOY), Iran Central Iron Ore Company with 402,245 tons (down 71% YOY) and Sangan Iron Ore Complex with 247,477 tons (down 86% YOY).
The production of iron ore pellet hit 41.77 million tons during the same period.
Golgohar was the largest producer with 12.15 million tons (up 4% YOY), followed by Mobarakeh Steel Company with 6.79 million tons (down 9% YOY), Khouzestan Steel Company with 5.85 million (down 7% YOY), MIDHCO with 5.67 million tons (up 15% YOY), Chadormalu with 3.62 million tons (up 2% YOY), Opal Parsian Sangan with 3.21 million tons (down 12% YOY), Sangan Mineral and Industrial Company with 2.46 million tons (down 14% YOY), Khorasan Steel Company with 1.55 million tons (up 87% YOY) and Sabanour Mining and Industrial Development Company with 428,926 tons (up 33% YOY), according to latest data released by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization.
