EghtesadOnline: Iran’s major aluminum companies produced an aggregate of 91,379 tons of aluminum products during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), which indicate an 11% increase compared with last year’s corresponding period, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization reported.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s major aluminum companies produced 60,947 tons of aluminum products during the first two months of the current fiscal year (March 21-May 21), which indicates a 9.7% increase compared with last year’s corresponding period, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization reported.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is on track to launch a new aluminum smelter early next year that would boost the country’s output by 70%, making it self-sufficient in the metal by taking advantage of its rich natural gas reserves.