Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organisation (IMIDRO) has reported 133,483 tonnes of alumina powder production for the first seven months of the Iranian calendar year spanning, March 21–September 22. Earlier, the agency had logged 114,153 tonnes for the first half of the year.
A year before that (March 20 to November 20) by late November, that total production had moved up to 159,416 tonnes, only slightly ahead of the 152,293 tonnes seen in the same period last year.
Also, Iran is getting ready to finally start work on its biggest alumina project so far at the Parsian Special Economic Zone. The start date depends on a final round of clearances from government authorities and the Supreme Economic Council, but officials are expecting the green light before the year wraps up. Once it gets going, the site is supposed to add one million tonnes of annual alumina capacity, which would completely change the scale at which the country operates.
Right now, everything depends on a single producer: the Jajarm plant, which can make around 240,000 tonnes a year. That’s why the Parsian project matters so much. The location, in western Hormozgan province, comes with its own port facilities, making it easier to bring in raw materials and move product out. Officials say the expansion should cut Iran’s reliance on imported alumina and give the country a more solid footing in the aluminum value chain across West Asia.
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