IRAN MINING INDUSTRY

Source: IMIDRO
 INTRODUCTION OF THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF IRAN AND ITS CAPABILITIES
Areal Extent 1,648,195 Km2

Population 77 million

Average age of population 30 year

The country’s highly educated 4.5 million

student statistics
Climate Four seasons with more than 300 sunny days

Geographical Location At cross road of Middle East, Asia, Central Asia & CIS

Natural Resources &Energy gas, oil, telecommunication,

transportation, as well as public utility with a competitive cost.
Iran’s Position in Global Gas Industry

• 1st in Terms of Gas Reserves

Energy Iran Reserve Unit Iran Reserve as

% of world
Gas 33.6 Trillion cubic meters 18
Oil 157 Thousand million 9.4
barrels
Dispersion of Gas Reserves in the Country

Caspian Sea

Khangiran
Ghezel
Gorgan Tapeh
Babaghir
Gonbadli
Tangbijar Serajeh

Kouhsamand
Kabirkouh

Mokhtar

Mond Aghar

Dalan
Kangan Homa
N. Pars Field Varavi
Ferdowsi Shanoul Sarkhoun
Golshan
Tabnak Slakh
S. Pars Field
Persian Gulf
EXISTENCE OF 68 TYPES OF MINERAL
INCLUDING IRON ORE, COAL, GOLD,
LEAD, ZINC, COPPER, ETC, WITH AN
ESTIMATED VALUE OF 700 B US$
ES AND MINING
SOME OF THE PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY
ORGANIZATION
ERECTED IN PAST 10 YEARS
Azarbaijan Iron Ore Concentrate
Since 2001, Copper
Concentrate
Sangan (Phase 1)

Successfully invested to
Develop projects related
Concentrate Coal
Aluminum Smelter Plant
Iralco Phase II
Tabas Mine

To mines and mining

Import
Industries: Steel Project (EAF)
Mobarakeh, Isfahan
Steel Project
Khuzestan Steel Iron Ore Concentrate
Number of projects: 70 Gole Gohar
Value of investment: 10B US$ Pelletizing Plant
Gole Gohar
Wide strip plant Export Export
Iron Ore Concentrate
Oxin Steel project
Chadormalu
Copper Project (Cathode)
Exploration Mining
Cement Plant Exploitation Sarcheshmeh
Bushehr
Coke& Steel Project(BOF)
Energy Intensive Products Isfahan Steel Company
Import
Parsian& Lamerd Special
Economic Zone Cement Factory
Zabol
Persian Gulf Special Economic Aluminum Smelter Steel Plant
Zone(mines and mining industries zone Almahdi (Phase II) Hormozgan Steel Project
 CURRENT POSITION OF RESOURCES
AND MINING INDUSTRIES OF IRAN
Mineral Iran Unit Iran Reserve • Iran has more than 68 kind of mineral,
Resource Reserve as % of world total country reserve is 43 Billion MT, with
an estimated value of 700 B US$.
• Iran Export of mines and mining
Iron Ore 2.7 Billion Ton 0.8%
industries was around 8 Billion US$ last
year
Copper 2.6 Billion Ton 4%
• Mines and Mining Industries currently
Zinc 11 Million Ton 4% employee more than 620000 person in
Iran
Gold 250 MT 0.5%
• Market Share of mine and mining
industries in Tehran Stock Exchange is
Barite 10 Million Ton 5%
more than 25% of total value of Stock
Exchange equal to 30 B US$
Phosphate 16.5 Million Ton 0.05%
 PRODUCTION IN 2013

Product 2013(Million T)
Crude steel 14.308
Finished steel 11.916
Copper (cathode) 0.189
Aluminum 0.295
Coal (Concentrate) 0.858
Iron ore 32.789
 VISION IN MINES AND MINING INDUSTRIES
• We are responsible for achieving Iran’s development objectives
defined in the 2025
• To achieve Our Vision and desired capacity, an estimate investment of
40 billion US$ required.

Product’s Name Our Vision

(year 2025)
Steel 55 Million MT
Copper cathode 800.000 MT
Aluminum 1.5 Million MT
Zinc 300.000 MT
Mineral Products 200 Million MT
Gold 5 MT
 EXPANSION
&
DEVELOPMENT
 Total Project investments at the end of 2013

In hand Tender; and legal doc’s stages Total

Group Quant M ($) Quant M($) Quant $

Steel 19 3877 9 2014 28 5892

Aluminum 3 333 10 5535 13 5868

Mining 6 456 12 1693 18 2149

Copper 15 2578 14 667 29 3155

Total 43 7244 45 9819 88 17063

 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MINING AND
MINING INDUSTRIES OF IRAN
IMIDRO Willing as
Capacity Value
Item Project Name Product Share Holder
(x1000 Ton) (Million Euro)
(Negotiable)
1 Sabzevar Steel 800 Steel Ingot 258 35%
Complex
2 Baft Steel Complex 800 Steel Ingot 245 35%
3 Shadegan Steel 800 Steel Ingot 276 35%
Complex
4 Neyriz Steel Complex 800 Steel Ingot 273 35%

5 Mianeh Steel Complex 800 Steel Ingot 282 35%

6 Ghaenat Steel Complex 800 Steel Ingot 289 35%

7 Sefid Dasht Steel 800 Steel Ingot 293 35%

Complex
8 Graphite Electrode 30 Electrode for Electric 250 35%
Arc Furnace
 IMIDRO Willing as
Capacity Value
Item Project Name Product Share Holder
(x1000 Ton) (Million Euro)
(Negotiable)
9 Parvarde 4 450 coal concentrate 95 35%
10 Eastern Parvade 600 coal concentrate 142 35%
11 Savadkooh 300 Metallurgy Coke 90 35%
South Aluminum
12
(SALCO)
330 Aluminum Ingot 880 49%
Green Coke for
13 Green Coke 200
Anode 149 35%
Kahnoj Titanium
14
Project
70 Oxide Titanium 86 35%
Guinea Bauxite and 1600 Bauxite& Alumina for Aluminum
15
Alumina Plant 800 Alumina Smelter 1,000 49%
MGO (Magnesium
16 Khor o Biabanak 25
Oxide) 20 35%

Total Investment Opportunity (Million Euro) 4,628

EXPLORATION AREAS WITH AREAL EXTENT OF 200,000 KM 2
 ADVANTAGES AND COMPETITIVENESS
IRAN FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS TO DEVELOP
MINES AND MINING INDUSTRIES
• Export of goods and services without any commitment to reintroduce export proceeds to the Country
(i.e., no surrender commitment requirement);
• The right to transfer profits (dividends) as well as capital and gains on capital in foreign exchange.
• The right to receive compensation resulting from expropriation (deprivation of
ownership) and nationalization of foreign capital.
• Energy, with competitive price advantages, Including natural gas, ranked as Number 1 in world reserve
of natural gas and number 3 in Oil reserve
• Big local market for mining industries, Iran use annually 20 million MT of Steel and more than 300K T of
Aluminum ingot and …
• Strategic Location, easily access to markets in CIS, Turkey, Middle east (including Iraq, Afghanistan,
Turkey, GCC) and the rest of world
• Well educated Human resources with expertise in mining and metal industries
• Suitable infrastructures including access to electricity network, road and railways
• Energy-Intensive Industries
Special Zone, Lamerd – Parsian
Site

• Persian Gulf Special Economic

Industrial & Mining Zone

• Chabahar Special Economic

Mines & Mining Industries Zone
 INVESTMENT PROTECTIONS AND
GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES
 Cession of land on a time base in the special zones
 Cession of mine royalty & extraction right as well as abandoning mine extraction of
the mine

 Insurance coverage advantage in mine exploration, exploitation & mineral

Processing
 Advantage of laboratory services in Karaj Center and /or advantage of personnel
Training in the project startup
 Infrastructure (energy and water) assistance in provision
 Guarantee for feed with especial conditions and/or guaranteed purchase of
product
 Provide support for utilizing National Development Fund facilities and /or support the
projects to receive foreign & domestic facilities
 We are looking forward your
participation in Iran’s mines and
mining industries.