EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has given the go-ahead to import 20,000 tons of publication paper.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade issued 4,653 industrial establishment permits during the first three months of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), registering an increase of 20% compared with last year’s corresponding period, Shata news agency reported.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has issued a directive mandating steelmakers to increase their supply to Iran Mercantile Exchange to reach the minimum volume set by the government, or face limitations on exports.

EghtesadOnline: A recent report published by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade shows coke and oil products are in the limelight when it comes to sectors of interest for investors.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade issued 2,861 permits for the establishment of industrial units during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21-May 21), which shows an increase of 23% in the number of permits compared to last year’s corresponding period.

EghtesadOnline: Banks and credit institutions provided the industrial and mining sector with 1.51 quadrillion rials ($36 billion) worth of loans in the last fiscal year's first 11 months (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19), indicating a 8.3% rise year-on-year, statistics released by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade indicate.

EghtesadOnline: Based on a directive issued by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, the ministry-affiliated National Trade System announced that as of Wednesday, all traders are prohibited from registering their import orders using the US dollar.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining, and Trade issued 13,974 permits for the establishment of industrial units during the nine months to Dec. 21, 2017, registering an increase of 16.9% compared to last year’s corresponding period.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade is planning to gradually introduce a mandatory standards protocol for all Iranian products.

EghtesadOnline: Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has stopped issuing auto import permits for all cars.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has announced a proposal, the implementation of which is certain to tighten the grip of Iran Khodro and SAIPA, the largest state-controlled automakers, on the domestic market.

EghtesadOnline: An analysis of the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's data shows growth in the production of crude steel, finished steel products, iron ore, coal concentrate and sheet glass in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17) compared to the year before.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade issued 3,235 industrial permits across the country in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22, 2017).

EghtesadOnline: The government is thinking of splitting up three ministries. According to Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Hosseinali Amiri, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is to be broken up into two ministries of “Roads and Transportation” and “Housing and Urban Development”; the Ministry of Sports and Youth is to be divided into “Ministry of Sports” and “National Organization of Youth”; and the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade is to be separated into “Ministry of Industries and Mining” and “Ministry of Commerce.”