EghtesadOnline: Over the past several months the tire industry's profit margin has shrunk significantly thanks to the rising prices and shortages of raw materials amid hard economic times.

EghtesadOnline: Privately funded power plants will continue to struggle with low profit margin s in the months ahead unless government-affiliated Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) buys their electricity at higher prices, secretary of the Electricity Industry Syndicate said Monday.

EghtesadOnline: Expansion of the petrochemical sector has continued as planned and $24 billion has been invested in development projects since 2014, National Petrochemical Company's deputy for investment said.