VOL. XL
No.24
16-June-1997
IRAN
Iran Inaugurates First Phase Of Al-Mahdi Aluminium Smelter
President Hashemi Rafsanjani of Iran on 9 June inaugurated the firstphase of the al-Mahdi aluminium smelter near the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas. The smelter,which was built at a cost of $300mn in foreign exchange and IR700bn ($400mn) in localcurrency, will have a production capacity of 110,000 tons/year under the first phase,rising to 220,000 t/y at a later stage. The smelter project was originally...
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