Iranian state-owned iron ore miners produced 25,433,000 mt of iron ore in the last Iranian year (ended March 20), up one percent year on year, according to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO).
Of Iran's state-owned miners, in the year in question Chador Malu produced 9,498,000 mt of iron ore, Gol-e-Gohar produced 7,209,000 mt of iron ore, Iran Central Iron Ore produced 5,310,000 mt, with the remainder produced by other smaller public sector miners. In addition, according to the same source, state-owned iron ore miners exploited a total of about 32 million mt of run-of-mine iron ore in the last Iranian year, representing an increase of two percent over the previous year.