IMIDRO’s Coal Concentrate Output Up 36%

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s two major coal companies produced 303,440 tons of coal concentrates in the five months since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22), recording a 36% growth compared with last year’s similar period, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization reported.

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15 October 2017

Tabas Parvadeh Coal Company produced 262,818 tons of the total figure, while Central Alborz Coal Company’s output stood at 40,622 tons. The two companies also extracted a total of 766,351 tons of coal in the five-month period to post a 13% year-on-year growth. TPCCO located in South Khorasan Province and CACCO in Mazandaran Province are both subsidiaries of IMIDRO. South Khorasan Province’s Tabas region is home to about 55-76% of Iran’s coal reserves, with estimated proven coal reserves of 2.5 billion tons, Financial Tribune reported.