Nakhlak Lead, Zinc Plant Comes Back on Stream

Nakhlak Lead and Zinc Plant officially came back on stream, adding 4,000 tons to Iran’s annual lead concentrate capacity, a deputy industries minister announced during a visit to Nakhlak Mineral Complex on Saturday.
“Nakhlak Plant started operating since the fiscal 1957-58 next to Nakhlak mine, but it was later closed. Since the beginning of the fiscal 2013-14, the reopening of the plant was put on the agenda with the collaboration of the private sector and Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company. Today it was reopened officially,” Mehdi Karbasian also told IRNA.