TEHRAN -- Iran’s aluminum output in the ten-month period ended January 20, hit 234,853 tons, up 17 percent compared to the corresponding period last year.
Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization reported exports of aluminum products in the same period amounted to 213 million dollars, according to the Mehr News Agency.
The largest and the most advanced aluminum plant of Iran, Hormozal, was inaugurated on January 9 in the southern city of Bandar Abbas.
Hormozal aluminum plant with the annual production capacity of 147,000 tons came on stream at the cost of 400 million euros and 2 trillion rials (about $200 million).
The 230 KA technology has been applied in the project, IMIDRO said in a statement.
Hormozal would add some 47 percent to the country’s annual production capacity, boosting it to 457,000 tons from the previous figure of 310,000.
The plant is a joint venture between Iran and Italy. The giant project would create 7,700 direct and indirect jobs
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