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May 08,2018
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...
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May 05,2018
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. Surveying...
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May 02,2018
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 States’...
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April 29,2018
Major Iranian lead and zinc producers extracted 928,932 tons of ores in the last fiscal year (March 2017-18), according to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation...
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April 27,2018
Iran is finalizing about €2 billion of investment from Europe in copper and steel projects despite threatened new US sanctions, a government official said on Wednesday.
"Early talks are also...
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April 25,2018
Iran is on track to launch a new aluminum smelter early next year that would boost the country’s output by 70%, making it self-sufficient in the metal by taking advantage of its rich natural gas...
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April 23,2018
Mouteh Gold Mine produced 602 kilograms of gold ingots during the previous fiscal year (March 2017-18), registering a 58% growth compared with the year before, according to data released by the...
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April 22,2018
Two events focused on mining and construction are slated to be held in Kerman Province. The Sixth International Exhibition of Mine, Mining, Mining Industries Mineral Processing, Decoration Stones...
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April 16,2018
Iran’s dormant bauxite project in Guinea-Conakry has recently sprung back to life, as companies operating it have announced an international tender for developing the mine and constructing a...
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April 15,2018
Mineral explorations are currently underway in areas spanning over 250,000 square kilometers in Sistan-Baluchestan, Kerman and Kurdestan provinces, the chairman of Iranian Mines and Mining...
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April 15,2018
Iran exported more than 60.2 million tons of mineral products worth over $8.9 billion in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2018), down 7.8% in tonnage and up 3.2% in value compared to the year...
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April 15,2018
Banks and credit institutions provided the industrial and mining sector with 1.51 quadrillion rials ($36 billion) worth of loans in the last fiscal year's first 11 months (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19),...
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April 08,2018
Iranian miners paid 6.74 trillion rials ($134.87 million) in mining royalties to the government during the first 11 months of the last fiscal year (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19), indicating an 88.1%...
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March 16,2018
Iran exported more than 58.09 million tons of mineral products worth over $8.39 billion during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Feb. 19), down 3% in tonnage and up 6% in...
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March 17,2018
Iran’s largest steel exporter Khouzestan Steel Company has successfully bought majority shares in a major mineral holding, moving toward self-sufficiency in the steel production chain.
It has...
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March 10,2018
Major Iranian mining companies produced an aggregate of 317.94 million tons of ores and mineral products during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19), registering...
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February 23,2018
British mining and mineral processing technology company Alexander has executed a commercial and technical partnership agreement with Turkish specialist mineral processing consulting company Proses...
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February 13,2018
A recent Supreme Court of India's decision to cancel all iron ore mining leases in an ore-rich state...
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February 12,2018
Major Iranian mining companies produced an aggregate of 287.45 million tons of ores and...
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February 02,2018
President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated three iron ore and steel projects in Sirjan County...
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February 02,2018
The Producer Price Index for the mining sector in the 12-month period ending Dec. 21, 2017, which...
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January 27,2018
South Africa’s embattled mining industry could be first in line to benefit from a boost in foreign...
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January 12,2018
Major Iranian mining companies produced 258.13 million tons of mineral products in...
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January 08,2018
The government earned more than 4.72 trillion rials (over $109 million) in mining royalties–a percentage...
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January 08,2018
A total of 3,321 new jobs were created in Iran’s mining sector during the seven months to...