Iran Mining News

A total of 15 million tons of iron ore concentrate were produced in Iran during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22) to register a 22% growth compared with last…

Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex is planning to boost its copper concentrate output capacity from the current 600,000 tons to over 1 million tons by 2022, the company’s deputy manager, Mohammad…

The Producer Price Index for the mining sector in the 12 months ending June 21, which marks the end of spring, increased by 22% compared with the corresponding period of last year, the…

The government has banned the export of direct-reduced iron to increase supply to local downstream plants.

The directive was conveyed to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs…

Following growing debate over the environmental impact of Bauxite mining in Mount Shahvar in Shahroud, Semnan Province, Deputy Minister for Industries, Mining and Trade Jafar Sarqeini made a…

Major Iranian lead and zinc producers extracted a total of 387,057 tons of ores during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), indicating an 86% uptick in production…

A total of 11.22 million tons of iron ore concentrate was produced in Iran during the first three months of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), to register a 20% growth compared with…

Iran’s largest mining holding has concluded the last stage of its largest aerial geophysical survey in the western Kurdestan Province.

The state-owned Iranian Mines and Mining Industries…

Copper concentrate produced by major Iranian copper firms reached 313,273 tons during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), which indicates an 11% growth compared with…

Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization invested 1.14 trillion rials ($27.2 million) in mineral exploration projects in the last fiscal (March 2017-18),…

Gold deposits discovered in Iranian mineral zones have added 40 tons to the country’s reserves, deputy minister of industries, mining and trade said on Monday.

There has been a substantial growth in the value of coverage provided by Mining Investment Insurance Corporation to investors in the mining sector in the previous Iranian year (ended March 20,…

Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization inaugurated 23 mineral projects worth $2.3 billion in collaboration with the private sector last fiscal year (March…

Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization plans to establish $340 million worth of copper projects during the second half of the current fiscal year (starting…

The Sixth International Exhibition of Mining, Mineral Industries and Mineral Processing as well as the Fourth International Exhibition of Mining and Road Construction Machinery will be held…

Foreign mining companies still present in Iran are trying to stay under the radar over the fear of falling foul of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic, a senior manager at Iran’s largest…

Authorities in the southern province of Hormozgan moved to stop unauthorized mining activity in Hormuz Island that had sparked a firestorm of protest on social media.

The island is a…

Major Iranian copper producers produced 107,795 tons of copper concentrate during the first month of the current fiscal year, Farvardin (March 21-April 20), which indicates a 15% growth compared…

Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization recently signed a deal with two Iranian firms to develop the second phase of Zarshouran Gold Mine in northwestern Iran…

There seems to be no end in sight to the showdown between the government and miners over unprocessed mineral exports.

The High Economic Council ratified the proposal to slap export…

Volvo Construction Equipment has offered to provide Iran with €200 million worth of mining machinery, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization reported.…

The reimposition of US sanctions on Iran will only have a limited impact on the country’s mining and metals industry in the short run and is expected to do little additional damage to an…

A total of 26,618 permits for the establishment, exploration and exploitation of industrial and mineral projects were issued during the last fiscal year (March 2017-18), data published by the…

Over 87% of Iranian mines lack standard safety, health and environmental facilities, according to an official report published by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.…

In market disruptions, one’s loss is usually another’s gain. This was particularly true for the aluminum market in April.

Carnage was unleashed on April 6 by the imposition of United…