NICICO Mineral Extractions Up 8%

A total of 152.55 million tons of mineral products were extracted by the National Iranian Copper Industries Company in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 21), registering an 8% year-on-year growth, according to Ardeshir Sa’d-Mohammadi, managing director of NICICO.
Sulfur rock production grew by 2% YOY to 40.97 million tons, copper concentrate’s output increased by 5% YOY to 924,396 tons and molybdenum concentrate output with 5,952 tons registered a 13% YOY growth. 
Anode production registered a 5% growth to 267,015 tons, as output of the cathode with 216,334 tons registered a growth of 5%.