Proof that some JV projects with foreigners are going ahead in...

Proof that some JV projects with foreigners are going ahead in Iran...

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Iranian companies, China sign coal mine contract
TEHRAN, July 16 (MNA) -- The Iran Minerals Production and Supply Co. (IMPASCO), the Kani Kavan Sharq Co., and China inked a contract on preparing and equipping the Parvardeh 4 Coal Mine in Tabas, central Iran on Monday, the IMPASCO managing director announced shortly afterwards.
Ardeshir Sa’dmohammadi said that the first phase of the mine, with a capacity of 750,000 tons of coal concentrate per year, will go on stream on August 24, and it will be the country’s first totally mechanized coal mine.



Referring to the country’s coal projects, like the Kerman Province project with an annual production capacity of 1.3 million tons, and Shahrud region project with a similar capacity, Sa’dmohammadi stated that within four years the country’s coal production capacity will increase by a factor three.



The Chinese ambassador to Iran, the deputy director of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), the managing director of IMPASCO, Yazd Province’s deputy governor general, and some members of parliament attended the signing ceremony.



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