Iran recently announced that its aluminum and alumina exports have exceeded USD 267 million in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (started March 21).
According to the Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), the figure indicates a 32% increase over the corresponding figure last year.
The country's exports of aluminum ingot and alumina powder reached USD 201 million during the same period last year.
Iran is ranked among the 15 major mineral-rich countries of the world and exports its industrial and mineral products to 159 countries, including Iraq, China, the United Arab Emirates, India and Afghanistan.
Earlier, Deputy head of Iran's Geology and Mineral Exploration Organization Behrouz Borna said Iran ranks first in the Middle East for possessing the region's largest mineral reserves.
The important mines of Iran include coal, metallic minerals, sand and gravel, chemical minerals and salt. Iran has the world's largest zinc and second largest copper deposits and ranks ninth for its iron reserves.
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