Mineral Exports at Record High

Iran’s mining industry exported a record high of 52,507 million tons of products worth $11.84 billion during the 11 months to Feb. 19 to register a 7% increase in tonnage and a 79% rise in value year-on-year, a new report by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization shows.
Steel manufacturing chain products (iron ore, semi-finished and finished steel) topped the list of exports in terms of value with an aggregate of $6.54 billion, followed by copper and related products with $1.87 billion and aluminum manufacturing chain products with $675.3 million.
In terms of tonnage, cement and clinker topped the list with 22.64 million tons. The steel category came next with 10.22 million tons, followed by stone and related products with 4.17 million tons.