The director general of Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Yazd province said that 1,279 tons of non-oil goods, valued at $226 million, were exported from the country in the first six months of the current year.

EghtesadOnline: The supply of natural gas to Behabad, a town of some 17,000 people and the only place in the central Yazd Province without access to the clean fossil fuel, is expected to begin next month, the managing director of Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company announced.

EghtesadOnline: Europe's renewable powerhouse Germany plans to build a solar farm in central Iran, following in the footsteps of a British company that landed the biggest solar power contract in Iran's energy market last month.

EghtesadOnline: The central desert city of Yazd is hosting its 14th round of Yazd Auto and Parts Exhibition.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has discovered a new iron ore deposit in Yazd Province, which is estimated to be about 2 billion tons with 70% iron content, the head of Yazd Industries, Mining and Trade Organization said.

EghtesadOnline: More than 660,000 tons of goods worth $173 million were exported from Yazd Province in central Iran during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering a 16% and 22% rise in weight and value respectively compared with the corresponding period of last year, the director general of the province’s customs office said.

EghtesadOnline: The sun-drenched province of Yazd in central Iran is envisioned to emerge as a hotspot for solar power ventures, a local energy official said. Mohammad Hassan Sabbaghzadegan, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company, said two dozen solar power project are planned to be set up in the desert province, ISNA reported.

EghtesadOnline: Zoroastrian ossuaries were discovered in the Tower of Silence in Torkabad, Yazd, in the first season of archaeological explorations, an official said.

EghtesadOnline: A 14.4-megawatt combined heat and power (CHP) plant was inaugurated in the central Yazd Province on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by Sattar Mahmoudi, deputy energy minister, and Mohammad Hassan Sabbaghzadegan, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company.

EghtesadOnline: A new steel production plant has become operational in Ardakan, Yazd Province, in central Iran.