Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.23
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Finnish mining technology company Outotec signed a deal with Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation (IMIDRO) worth €9.3 million to transfer Nepheline syenite production technology.
The deal was signed on Saturday and the technology will be transferred over the course of eight months, Iran's IRNA news agency reported on November 23.
The industrial use of Nepheline syenite includes refractories, glass making, ceramics and, in pigments and fillers. It is also used as construction facade, interior wall texture, and countertops.
The project is aimed to produce 200,000 tons of alumina powder and 150,000 tons of industrial salts per year. Iran needs around 800,000 tons of alumina powder annually.