VOL. XXXVII

NO. 27

4-APRIL-1994

Iran

Iran Inaugurates Projects Linked To Steel Output

Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has recently inaugurated twoprojects designed to boost domestic steel production. On 25 March, he attended aceremony at the Gol-e Gohar iron ore mine near Sirjan, in Kerman province. Themine complex, built at a cost of IR200bn ($114mn), holds an estimated 150mn tonsof recoverable ore. Current production capacity is 5,000 tons/day of iron oreconcentrate for the...