VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 51

18-SEPTEMBER-1995

Iran

Urumieh Petrochemical Plant Starts Up

Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) on 13 September inaugurated a newpetrochemical plant with annual capacity of 3,000 tons of melamine crystal and9,000 tons of ammonium sulfate. The plant, located in the northwestern city ofUrumieh, is one of 10 projects which were implemented under the first five-yeardevelopment plan (1989-1994). By the end of the current Iranian year (year to 20March 1996), NPC expects to...