The Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) has reported that Iran exported 5.383 million tons of iron ore pellets worth $454 million during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21).

EghtesadOnline: Khorasan Steel Company set a monthly record in iron pellet procurement, as it received 213,643 tons of the material during the first ninth months of the current fiscal year (Nov. 22-Dec. 21), the steelmaker’s deputy head announced.

EghtesadOnline: Two pellet-making plants with production capacities of 5 million and 2.5 million tons per year and located in Sangan Mineral Zone will start production in the Iranian month of Ordibehesht (April 21-May 21, 2017), Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization’s public relations announced

EghtesadOnline: One of Iran’s largest pellet-making projects is currently in the final phase of construction in the northwestern Khorasan Razavi Province and will start production in the early days of the next Iranian year (starting March 21, 2017), the province’s deputy governor, Ali Rasoulian, has announced.