EghtesadOnline: 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% increase year-on-year.

EghtesadOnline: The government earned more than 4.72 trillion rials (over $109 million) in mining royalties–a percentage of miner’s sales profit–during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22).