Rls. 300,000 / €30 December 2016 / No. 81 www.iraninternationalmagazine.com IMIDRO Exclusive www.iraninternational.ir Iran International, the Forum for Partners in Iran’s Marketplace Double Issue IMIDRO Empowerment of Mine & Mining Industry in Iran IMIDRO Exclusive Inauguration Second Phase of Sepiddasht Steel Factory anaging Director of Mobara- He said the unit consists of reduc- keh Steel Company, speaking tion stage (converting pellet to sponge $37bn Worth of Mat the inauguration ceremony Dr. Sobhani remarked iron) and steelmaking stage (converting of the first provincial steel project in that 65 percent of sponge iron to slab) and the production Sepiddasht, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, stage (steel ingot). said for the operation of the second phase the shares of the Sobhani said: “Implementation of Mobarakeh Steel Products of the project – ingot producing factory the plan started in 1385 (2006/07) and its – a fund of 3070 billion rials has been al- manufacturing unit direct reduction unit has been completed located. He added that project is expected have been invested and become operational.” He noted that obarakeh Steel Mill is betting edge-based industrial enterprises are mineral industries as the best grounds to become operational in the second half by Mobarakeh Steel 70% of the equipment of the second on a new continuous casting among the main targets of the Economy for industrial development, he said, “We of 1397 (2018/19). phase which is steelmaking has been Mmachine with a 1.8 million-ton of Resistance. have huge plans for developing the coun- According to the Public Relations Company and the transported to the factory and according annual production capacity for its expan- Iran boasts of huge natural resourc- try’s oil and gas fields.” Office of IMIDRO (Iranian Mines and to projections will become operational in sion plans. es, capabilities and efficient manpower, The VP also referred to Mobarakeh Mining Industries Development and remaining 35 percent the second half of 1397 (2018/19).” First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri he said, noting that using the capacities, Steel as a company of international sta- Renovation Organization , Dr. Bahram by IMIDRO. Stressing that in this project one said that avoiding crude selling and pro- the country’s industrial complexes can be tus and major symbol of the country’s in- Sobhani put the fixed amount of invest- million tons of slab and hot roll will be ducing high value-added products is the promoted to their due status. dustry, saying that the company has now ment for the project at 5,250 billion rials produced, Dr. Sobhani noted that with the most significant program of the Economy Janagiri said that energy resources turned into a developmental institute, and noted that 64 million euros has been ister of industry, mine and trade and head implementation of the project direct em- of Resistance. should not be exported without getting among ten major steel producers across allocated to the project in hard currency of the executive board of IMIDRO. ployment will be provided for 140 people Addressing inaugural ceremony turned into value-added. the world. investment. Dr. Sobhani further remarked that 65 and indirect working opportunities for (Nov. 3) of Foulad Mobarakeh Casting Calling for correct planning for in- Noting that 84 percent of Mobara- The first phase of Sepiddasht Steel percent of the shares of the manufactur- another 800 people. Machine No. 5 in Isfahan (early No- dustrial development, he said experts keh Steel’s equipment, parts and raw started operation with a production capac- ing unit have been invested by Mobara- Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Steel vember), Jahangiri said that promoting should first know which parts of the in- materials are manufactured domestically, ity of 800 thousand tons of sponge iron in keh Steel Company and the remaining 35 Complex is situated in Sefiddaasht, about capabilities, using natural resources’ ca- dustry are capable of development. Jahangiri said that steel industry should the presence of first vice-president, min- percent by IMIDRO. 30 km from Shahr-e Kord. pacities and manpower to set up knowl- Describing natural resources and be further promoted. 2 IRAN INTERNATIONAL, December 2016, No. 81 IRAN INTERNATIONAL, December 2016, No. 81 3 IMIDRO Exclusive in the complex amounts to 4.5 million 1000 factories directly and about three Isfahan for the construction of the waste- Steel Output to Hit 50 Million Tons tons per year, he further remarked that thousand others indirectly are using steel water network in the two cities. in 6 Years Dr. Sobhani said: the goal of the company is to gain access products of Mobarakeh. Dr. Sobhani pointed Stressing that in return for the con- “With the operation to the production of crude steel up to 2.7 The MSC managing director said out that in the past struction of the wastewater network in Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade million tons per year. Sobhani noted that three large steel production complexes the two cities, MSC will collect the urban Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh said that of the casting machine all the phases of design, transportation in the country, namely Mobarakeh Steel year despite the wastewater and use it in its production crude steel production will reach from the the capacity of steel and installation of the equipment of the Complex, Saba and Hormuzgan Steel are recession,1.8 million cycle, Sobhani said the project, which is current 17 million tons to 50 million tons casting machine No. 5 were completed considered to be the subsidiaries of MSC. for the supply of 450 liters per second of in the next six years. production in the country within 28 months and with an investment He pointed out that in the past year tons of Mobarakeh water needed by Mobarakeh Steel Com- Addressing the inaugural ceremony increased by more than of 5020 billion rials. despite the recession,1.8 million tons steel products were sold, plex, has made 80 percent progress. of Foulad Mobarakeh Casting Machine Referring to 22 percent share of of Mobarakeh steel products were sold, in Isfahan, he said that steel production 8 percent. ” Mobarakeh Steel Complex in production adding that 54 percent of the exports adding that 54 percent $37bn Worth of should increase to meet local demand. of steel sheets in the Middle East and were to the European Union. “This of the exports were to Mobarakeh Steel Products Noting that priority is with domestic will provide jobs for 100 people directly North Africa, Sobhani said MSC is the shows the high quality of the products consumers, the minister said that Isfahan and 150 indirectly, he said. biggest producer of steel sheets in the of this company,” he stressed, noting the European Union. MSC managing director, pointing to boasts of higher capabilities to manufac- Middle East and North Africa. that the plans for the degassing station, the value of the products of the company ture equipment for steel industry. Rise in Mobarakeh Steel He added: “Mobarakeh Steel desulfurization station, briquetting of cases up to the year 1397 (2018/19) or up to 1395 (2016/17), said the products Nematzadeh hoped that all parts Output Capacity Complex and its subsidiary units are Martyr Kharrazi, production of deionizer will be put in the tender process, adding worth $37 billion of which 72 million needed would be manufactured inside the considered the biggest sponge iron water and casting machine No. 5 have that designing is underway for the devel- tons have been supplied to the domestic country. Managing director of Mobarakeh producing company in the world,” saying, been implemented to improve the quality opment projects up to the year 2025. Sob- market and 17 million tons to foreign Today, German and Italian credited Steel Complex said with the inauguration “the company produces 12 million tons of MSC products.” hani added that there are 13,150 direct markets. companies are demanding investment in of the casting machine No. 5 some 33 of sponge iron and has 1 percent share in employments in Mobarakeh complex, Stressing that 54 percent of the MSC Iran’s steel industry, he said, noting that percent or 1.8 million tons has been gross domestic product and 5 percent in Designing MSC Development 920 in Saba and 1,673 in Hormuzgan and products in the seven months of the cur- many firms are using Iranian steel prod- added to the production capacity of the the industrial sector.” Projects Underway up to 2025 noted the total direct and indirect employ- rent calendar year (up to October) have ucts and there are good markets for steel industrial complex. Stressing that the process of stone ments in the complexes belong to MSC at been exported to the EU countries, he said sheets across the world. Dr. Bahram Sobhani, speaking at to coil (the process of iron ore up to the MSC managing director, pointing about 350 thousand. Pointing to the im- this shows the high quality of Mobarakeh “We should not think only about the operation ceremony of the casting coil production) is done in Mobarakeh to the production plans of the company plementation of the plan for the construc- steel products and their conformity with exports; rather, we should strive to set up machine No. 5, said with the operation of Steel Complex, he added that about 2,800 in 2025 horizon said the plant has so far tion of sewage network of the cities of international standards. He added that 38 steel factories abroad,” he said. the casting machine the capacity of steel upstream companies are cooperating produced about 50 percent of the steel re- Mobarakeh and Lenjan, he said for reduc- percent of the products have been export- Mobarakeh Casting Machine Proj- production in the country increased by with the MSC.