18th Middle East Iron and Steel Conference Dubai, U.A.E - 8 - 10 December 2014 Overview of the Iranian Iron and Steel Markets

Dr. Mehdi Karbasian (Deputy Minister and Chairman of IMIDRO) Mines and Industries Development and Renovation Organization

December 2014 Final Version About IMIDRO (Iran Mines and Mineral Industrial Development and Renovation Org)

• IMIDRO Established 12years ago by merging the Ministry of Mines and

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Metals and Ministry of Industry to reduce Government size and bureaucracy. / Our Mission is to develop and support Mine and Mining Industries Projects 07 and companies in Iran.

69 Project Constructed (Mining, Steel, Zinc, Copper, Aluminum, Gold , Infrastructure…) History 17 B$ Investment

70.000 Jobs created

29 project under development IMIDRO Future Total Current investment of 9B$

)Steel, Zinc, Copper, Aluminium, Gold, Magnesium…) IMIDRO: Your gateway to Iran's mines and mining industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: IMIDRO is a Governmental Organization and Ranked As a Developing Organization in Iran by Law. 2

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Iron and Steel Sector in Iran IMIDRO: Your gateway to Iran's mines and mining industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: 3

Iron and Steel Sector in Iran 2014

IRAN Iron Ore /

12 / 14th in Ranking, with a Reserve of 2.5 Billion Tons 07 Concentrate Iron Ore Lump and Fine Iron Ore Current Production: 24 Million Ton Current Production: 27 Million Ton Target for 2025: 66.2 Million Ton Export: 24 Million Ton Pelletizing Plant Pig Iron (BOF) Current Production: 21 Million Ton Current Production: 2.2 Million Ton Target for 2025: 82.8 million Ton Target for 2025: 5.9 Million Ton DRI (Direct Reduced Iron) Current Production: 16 Million Ton Target for 2025: 54.6 Million Ton Total Crude Steel Crude Steel from EAF Current Production: 16 Million Ton

Current Production: 14 Million ton Target for 2025: 52 Million Ton industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: Target for 2025: 46.1 Million ton 4 Due to availability of Nat Gas, More than 85% of steel production in Iran is based on EAF technology

IMIDRO Strategies Focused on Development along

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Project Funding know-how and Support technology Productivity Marketing development support and Export To promote investment in development related International Projects

To invest in Hi- Tech and Hi-Risk To increase mining sector of Mining activities in un- Business developed area of Iran

To increase the share Human IMIDRO of Private sector in Resources industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: Strategies on Mining and Development Mining Sector Infrastructure 5

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Outlook for Iran Steel and DRI Consumption 07 Iran Steel Consumption 2025 – Different Scenario 47,000 • Middle East annual consumption of steel is 76 Million 46,341 nd 42,000

ton and with a share of 25%, Iran ranked 2 in Ton x

Steel consumption in Middle East after Turkey (35%). 37,000 1000 1000

• Recent studies shows Iran Crude Steel Consumption 32,000 will reach to more than 46 million ton in 2025. Additionally there are an export market 27,000 opportunities for 6 million ton mainly in Middle East 22,000 and EU countries which means Iranian Crude Steel Production could reach to 52 Million ton. Current DRI Capacity and additional Expansion till 2019 • Most of Projects up to that level defined and 60,000 currently under developments and there are many 50,000 investment opportunities for foreign investors on 40,000 those. 30,000 20,000 • Most of Steel making projects under development in 10,000 -

Iran uses DRI-EAF technology. Current production of industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: Saudi Iran UAE Qatar Oman Bahrain DRI in Iran is 16 million ton which will reach to Arabia number 1 in world ranking in production of DRI (56 2019 40000 1090 1289 80 40 1550 800 Million ton in 2025) 2012 16,000 5,660 2,720 2,420 1,460 6 Why Steel production in Iran is so competitive? Crude Steel production Cost Per Ton: 280-320 US$,

Margin around 27% of Sales

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• Skill workers and Experienced Companies / 07 • Big Local Market =25% Middle East Iran Iron Ore Mines Shown in the map Access to Raw Materials • Big Consumption in Neighbors from Eastern and Northern • Suitable Road and Rail Network Neighbors with No direct • Suitable Infrastructure access to Sea (Afghanistan and CIS Countries) • Special Economic zone (Tax free) • Security is one of the best in Middle East Rich Iron Ore Mines in Eastern/Central Part- Open Pit - 2.7 Billion Ton of reserve

South Pars Field, Afghanistan resources largest Nat gas Storage

(1000 B$) and opportunity industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: Iran has a Long Sea Border for Iran Chabahar as new raw material HUB 7

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Outlook for Iron Ore Concentrate and Pellet (52 Million ton of Steel) 07

• Iranian companies already defined Supply/Demand Balance most of the steel projects to reach to Current Production projects Under Construction Total in 2025 Required Balance 52 million ton to supply demand in 160

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in the next 5 years to define and finalize industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: - new deposits. -40 8 Iron Ore Mine Reserve and Ownership

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than 6 times during the past 10 years MIDDLE EAST IRON ORE AND PELLET PRODUCTION /

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and reached to 51 Million Ton. - 2012 (MILLION TON) 07 Average grade for Iranian Iron ore is 50 Iron Ore Pellet 51% which 95% of them are mainly 46 Magnetite and mainly located in 45 Eastern Part of the country , Mainly in 40 Yazd , Kerman and Khorasan 35 Mine Production Costs: 16-25 US$/Ton Provinces. (one of the best practices in the world) 30 • Currently Iran operating 156 Iron Ore 25

mines)5% of them with a reserve 86% 20 19 of the country reserve controlled by 15 IMIDRO).

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Investment Opportunities and Incentives

Iron and Steel Sector IMIDRO: Your gateway to Iran's mines and mining industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: Exploration-Mining and Processing-Steel Plant and Related Products 10 Incentives for Foreign and Private Sector investment

• IMIDRO is promoting foreign and private investment in the projects in Mining and Metal projects and has

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the following incentives for investors. / 07 • To support the project, IMIDRO is willing to participate as a partner for foreign investor, if required Incentives Mining Mine Mining Exploration projects Industries long term contract for Exploration, Extraction, Processing, Marketing   Support for allocation of loan from Iran Oil Fund for part of investment   Required permits from Authority   long term contract for raw material supply   Allocate Land in Special Economic Zone (Tax Free…)  To Provide infrastructures required in SEZ  Reserve Sharing Contract after Exploration 

Possible IMIDRO participation as shareholder in J.V Company    IMIDRO: Your gateway to Iran's mines and mining industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: Exploration Risk Insurance by Government  FIPPA Coverage    11

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Investment Opportunity for Mine Exploration industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: 12 Exploration Projects and Opportunities for Partnership and Reserve Sharing Province Area Khorasan-Sangan 11500 Sistan –Baluchistan-Border line 15000 Ardebil Golestan Sistan –Baluchistan-Caravan 14300 South Khorasan-Border line 6116 Fars-Bahram Goor 5000 Piran Shahr Golestan Sangan Ardebil-Ghezelozan-Khalkhal 1351 N.Kordestan Yazd-Isfahan Kerman-Hormozgan-Sirjan 30000 Khorasan S.Kordestan Ardebil-Sabalan 1696 Yazd-Robat Border Kerman Shah Ardebil-Baghrodagh 874 Kohkelooyeh Yazd-Bafgh-Robat 10558 -Boyerahmad West Azarbaijan-Khoi-Maako 1218 West AzarbaijanTakab-Piranshahr 5135 Kerman Sistan-Balu Kohkelooyeh-Boyerahmad 1006 (Sirjan-Fariab) Border Total Area (Km2) 103754 Fars 3 years Planned Land Resource = 200,000 Km2 Bahram Goor Saravan Activities: Airborne hyper spectral sensors for geological projects Geology 50000 Km2 + Border area Wide: 20 Km Planned drilling for 2014: 100,000 Meter 13

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in IMIDRO Mining Sector IMIDRO: Your gateway to Iran's mines and mining industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: 14 Investment Opportunity in

Coal Mining and Related Processing Plant 2014

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Parvade4 250 40 Mine Development+Related Equipment+a 450,000 101 M Euro Tabas Plant to produce Concentrate coal Concentrate Coal S.Khorasan

Khomrood 100 31.5 Mine Development+Related Equipment+a 400,000 123 M$ mining and mines

Kerman Plant to produce Concentrate coal Concentrate Coal an's Ir Savadkooh 50.5 10 Kordabad Mine Development+Related 230,000 37 M$ Mazandaran Equipment's Raw Coal

Coking Coal Plant in Savadkooh 300,000 86 M Euro

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IMIDRO: Your gateway to gateway Your IMIDRO: industries Total Investment in Coal mining and Related Processing Plant 400 M$ 15 Investment Opportunity in Steel and related Industries Plant Location Project Inves. Chabahar Steel Plant Located in 5 Million Ton Steelmaking Plant 3.15 B$

Chabahar Free trade zone + 1000 MW Power Plant 2014

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are increasing with a big portion of them to be exported via Chabahar Port. 07 There are unique opportunity of investment for an steelmaking plant using Nat Gas from Iran along with Iron ores from Iran and Afghanistan. Most of Infrastructures required for the project already available or under development Bandar Abbas-2 Steel Plant 1.6 Million Ton Steelmaking Plant 800 M$ Located PGSEZ The government and private sectors made a big investment in PGSEZ during past 10 years. Now this SEZ productizing annually 1.6 Million Ton of Steel, 200,000 Ton of Aluminum and other Mining industries products like Zinc, DRI for export or local consumptions. PGSEZ located close to sea and has most of infrastructures required for this new project already available at site including railway, Nat Gas, A 12 Million ton of Jetty (6 million ton operation, the rest by end of 2015) for import and export of raw material. 2 Power Plant (1000 MW) under construction to provide necessary electricity for industrial plants currently under operations. Assaluyeh Steel Plant 1.6 Million Ton Steelmaking Plant 800 M$ Located in PSEZ (Parsian SEZ) South Pars Field is world biggest Natural Gas Storage with total reserve of 51 trillion cubic Assaluyeh metres. To be able to use the natural gas, IMIDRO intend to produce mineral industries Steel Plant which raked as Energy Intensive Products like Aluminium, Steel and Cement and … in PSEZ Chabahar industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: which located close to sea. BandarAbbas-2 Nat gas already available and a Jetty with a capacity of 15 Million Ton already planned and Steel Plant studied. Steel Plant Total Investment Opportunity4.75 B$ 16 Other Investment Opportunity (Graphite Electrode, Titanium oxide and Power Plant)

Plant / Location Capacity Inves. Kahnoj Titanium Project- Southern Kerman 130,000 Ton Concentrate 103 M$

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 Due to Very Long Dry Seasons, Water Shortage is the main challenges for Steel Industries in Iran. As a result, most of / expansion and New Steel Projects have been moved to the south of the country close to Sea 07

• Transportation  Railway Tariff for Iron Ore is higher than our international competitors and need to be down by 20%  Jetty Capacity need to be expanded, Make it Available to receive Ships with Bigger Sizes (Panamax and Cap Size)

• Other changes  Global Steel Overcapacity had driven down prices: Ernst & Young estimates global overcapacity at 479 million metric Tons!!! This brought the price down and create the Challenges for Steelmakers as well as Iron Ore suppliers.  Low Added Value of Steel Industry compare to our international competitors (need to move to more Hi-Tech steel products)

 Technology and Productivity IMIDRO: Your gateway to Iran's mines and mining industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: 18

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For More Information about IMIDRO Projects in Steel Sector or Other Sectors, 07 Please visit us at www.Imidro.gov.ir

Also you are warmly welcome to visit us at our Head office: No.43, Sepahbod Qarani Ave. Tehran, Iran

Contact Person: Mr. Mohammad Taheri, Head of International Affair Phone: +98-21- 888 29 181 Fax: +98-21- 888 42854 Email: [email protected]

Related conferences in Mining Sector in Iran (Including Iron and Steel industries)

1- 5th ISMIC Iran Steel Market Conference, 27 and 28 of January 2015 ,Tehran www.events.den.ir

2- IMIS Iran Mine and Mining Industries Summit, 1 May 2015, Iran www.imis2014.com IMIDRO: Your gateway to Iran's mines and mining industries mining and mines Iran's to gateway Your IMIDRO: THANK YOU! 19