Coal Transportation via Iran Eastern Railroads Up 51%

EghtesadOnline: Coal transportation through the railroads managed by Islamic Republic of Iran Railways’ Sharq (East) Department topped 51,000 tons in the Iranian month to May 21, up 51% compared with the corresponding period of a year before, according to Mohammad Ebrahim Eqbali, director general of the department, which is in charge of the railroads in Iran’s eastern provinces.

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11 June 2017

IRNA quoted the official as saying that the department’s revenues associated with coal transportation jumped 63% in the period year-on- year.

Moreover, 326,500 tons of iron ore were transported via eastern railroads during the period, up 3% compared to the year before, Eqbali added.