Mining Development Projects Worth $1.6b Come on Stream

Major mining development projects with an investment of $1.6 billion were inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani via videoconference in Kerman Province on July 8.
The projects handled by the Middle East Mines and Mineral Industries Development Holding Company include a steel complex and a coke dry quenching (CDQ) system for Zarand Iranian Steel Company (ZISCO), a cathode production unit for Iranian Babak Copper Company, a lime and dolomite production complex for Middle East Mines Renovation and Development Company and the installation of industrial machines in Middle East Industry Efficient Productive Company, IRNA reported.
More than 4,000 jobs have been created by these projects.