Metals, minerals worth $350m traded in IME
The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) announced that a total of 2.43 million tons of various products, worth about $350 million, were traded at IME’s domestic and export metal and mineral trading hall in the week closing on January 5.
According to a report by ime.co.ir on Saturday, over 3.11 million tons of commodities, worth over $624 million, were traded in its domestic trading and export halls.
Among the traded products were 255,597 tons of steel, 792,000 tons of iron ore, 119,000 tons of sponge iron, 2,510 tons of zinc, 12,095 tons of aluminum ingots, 10,121 tons of copper, 200 tons of molybdenum concentrate, nine tons of precious metals, and 1.25 million tons of cement.
In addition, 667,115 tons of various commodities, valued at over $270 million, were traded at IME’s domestic and export oil and petrochemical trading halls.
Other traded items were 100,623 tons of polymeric products, 176,900 tons of vacuum bottom, 57,000 tons of lube cut, 44,697 tons of chemical products, 13,570 tons of sulfur, 3,818 tons of base oil, 500 tons of insulation, 380 tons of feedstocks, 5,560 tons of petroleum products and 265,011 tons of bitumen.