Iran on track to launch aluminum smelter in 2019, be self-sufficient
Iran is on track to launch a new aluminum smelter early next year that would boost the country’s output by 70 percent, making it self-sufficient in the metal by taking advantage of rich natural gas reserves. Construction is underway of the South Aluminum Corp (Salvo) smelter, due to produce 300,000 tonnes per year in its first phase, Media Barbadian, deputy minister of industry, mining and trade, told the CRU Aluminium conference in London on Tuesday. Karbasian is also chairman of IMIDRO, the state-owned Iranian Mines and Mining, ...
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