Metallic Mineral Exports Fetch $5.5 Billion in H1, Up 147% YOY

A total of 9.4 million tons of metallic mineral products worth $5.5 billion were exported in the first six months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22), registering a 61% and 147% year-on-year growth in tonnage and value respectively.
The announcement was made by Elaheh Mokri, an official with the Iranian Mines and Industries Development and Renovation Organization, ILNA reported.
“Among the exported products, sanitary valves showed a decline while iron ore and concentrate, copper ore and concentrate, steel ingots, ferroalloy, direct-reduced iron, flat and long steel products, pipes and steel profiles, as well as aluminum, lead and zinc ingots, registered growth compared with the first six months of the previous fiscal year,” she added.
According to Mokri, the most valuable exported products included copper cathode with an average price of $9,561 per ton, sanitary valves with $7,000, zinc ingots with $2,948, aluminum ingots with $2,415 per ton and lead ingots with an average price of $2,294 per ton.