Metals, minerals worth around $464m traded in IME
The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) announced that a total of 3.28 million tons of various products, worth about $464 million, were traded at IME’s domestic and export metal and mineral trading hall in the week closing on January 19.
According to a report by ime.co.ir on Saturday, over 3.9 million tons of commodities, worth over $731 million, were traded in its domestic trading and export halls.
Among the traded products were 429,975 tons of steel, 1.48 million tons of iron ore, 189,000 tons of sponge iron, 2,210 tons of zinc, 7,650 tons of aluminum ingots, 9,730 tons of copper, 200 tons of molybdenum concentrate, 18 tons of precious metals, and 1.19 million tons of cement.
In addition, 546,578 tons of various commodities, valued at about $252 million, were traded at IME’s domestic and export oil and petrochemical trading halls.
Other traded items were 108,642 tons of polymeric products, 160,500 tons of vacuum bottom, 68,500 tons of lube cut, 33,527 tons of chemical products, 10,710 tons of sulfur, 5,807 tons of base oil, 500 tons of slop wax, 320 tons of feedstocks, and 158,224 tons of bitumen.
The IME also traded within the same week 80,058 tons of goods on its side market.