Coverage of Iran’s mining and metals sector, including mineral resources, extraction, processing, steel, copper, construction materials, and mining-related opportunities.
Location-specific investment cases examining Iran’s Mining & Metals sector. Related comparisons using one or more of these cases are included in the same view.
Kerman combines two nationally significant but operationally distinct metals systems: copper around Sarcheshmeh, Miduk and Shahr-e Babak, and iron ore-to-DRI/steel activity around Sirjan…
Yazd is a central-Iran metals platform built around Bafq and Chadormalu iron ore, Ardakan DRI and steel, and the Mehdiabad lead-zinc-barite complex southeast…
A comparative investment dossier on mining and metals in Kerman and Yazd for industrial operators considering joint ventures or local production in Iran.
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Buying from Iran can be commercially attractive, but it should not begin with price alone. A foreign buyer may receive a competitive quotation, product…
Iran is entering winter with a problem that cannot be solved simply by producing more gas. Part of its processing capacity remains damaged, heating…
Copper is becoming one of the most strategically important industrial metals in the world. Power-grid expansion, electric vehicles, data centres, renewable energy systems and…
Iran has one of the world’s largest energy resource bases. It holds the second-largest proved natural gas reserves and is one of the world’s…
Iranian manufacturers are facing an increasingly difficult combination of expensive inputs, shrinking inventories and weak demand. The latest business surveys show pressure across industry,…
Iran’s importance begins with geography. Before oil, before sanctions, before ideology, before modern borders, Iran mattered because of where it stood. It occupied the…
The easiest way to misunderstand Iran is to look only at the consumer market. Consumer demand is visible. It appears in food, healthcare, education,…
Disruptions in the Persian Gulf have turned sulfur, a by-product of oil and gas processing, into an expensive industrial input. The consequences extend from…
Water scarcity in Iran is often described as a natural problem: low rainfall, hot summers, dry plains, shrinking lakes. That description is true, but…