BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 27. Iran's aluminum ingots output decreased by 0.5 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through December 21, 2023), compared with the same period last year, Trend reports.
As stated in data from the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), four Iranian aluminum companies produced 472,418 tons of aluminum ingots during 9 months.
In the corresponding period of the previous Iranian year, the country’s aluminum ingot production stood at 474,601 tons.
Over the course of nine months, Iran's South Aluminum Corporation (SALCO) produced 209,384 tons of aluminum ingots; the Iranian Aluminum Company produced 128,918 tons; the Al-Mahdi Aluminum Company produced 107,134 tons; and the Iran Alumina Company produced 26,982 tons.
Meanwhile, Iran Alumina Company also produced 170,952 tons of aluminum oxide, 421,697 tons of bauxite and, 287,358 tons of aluminum hydroxide for 9 months.
On average, Iran's annual aluminum ingot production capacity is about 700,000 tons.
Meanwhile, 632,166 tons of aluminum ingots were produced by four Iranian aluminum companies over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), which is an increase of 12.9 percent compared to the preceding year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022).
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