Baku, Azerbaijan, April 29
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICICO) has produced 1.17 million tons of copper concentrate during the last Iranian year (started March 21, 2019), Trend reports referring to a report by the Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO).
According to the report, 3 of IMIDRO’s companies - Sarcheshmeh, Sungun and Miduk – produced 701,000, 324,000 and 148,000 tons of copper concentrates, respectively.
The months in the table below are the months of the Iranian calendar. The weight is displayed in tons.
|
Company |
Product |
1st month |
2nd month |
3rd month |
4th month |
5th month |
6th month |
7th month |
8th month |
9th month |
10th month |
11th month |
12th month |
Total |
|
Sarcheshmeh Copper Company/Complex (with 2 cathode processing phases) |
Total extracted |
8,383,967 |
7,703,556 |
7,102,898 |
7,328,895 |
7,812,226 |
8,118,719 |
7,421,732 |
7,505,671 |
7,392,335 |
7,257,690 |
7,277,810 |
7,170,404 |
90,476,903 |
|
Sulfide stone |
2,879,485 |
2,602,852 |
2,613,810 |
2,660,240 |
1,646,974 |
2,657,302 |
2,505,751 |
2,367,700 |
2,632,611 |
2,683,181 |
1,907,201 |
2,664,198 |
29,812,305 |
|
|
Anode |
16,028 |
12,009 |
17,137 |
17,323 |
12,851 |
18,142 |
18,430 |
18,144 |
16,553 |
19,016 |
18,722 |
17,408 |
201,763 |
|
|
Cathode (1st phase) |
8,559 |
11,334 |
11,172 |
12,194 |
11,510 |
11,615 |
14,041 |
12,752 |
12,315 |
12,151 |
14,769 |
14,975 |
147,387 |
|
|
Residual gold and silver |
11 |
36 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
15 |
22 |
16 |
13 |
37 |
48 |
51 |
302 |
|
|
Wire |
0 |
1,464 |
3,275 |
4,744 |
5,257 |
4,452 |
3,641 |
2,258 |
1,227 |
0 |
2,140 |
3,190 |
32,648 |
|
|
Cathode (2nd phase) |
546 |
570 |
587 |
567 |
582 |
567 |
574 |
554 |
507 |
532 |
549 |
551 |
6,705 |
|
|
Copper concentrate |
66,876 |
62,690 |
57,865 |
58,069 |
39,633 |
62,371 |
61,288 |
58,601 |
62,734 |
62,634 |
50,589 |
58,550 |
701,700 |
|
|
Molybdenum concentrate |
357 |
397 |
399 |
446 |
329 |
431 |
380 |
406 |
306 |
507 |
372 |
423 |
4,753 |
|
|
Sungun Copper Company/Complex |
Total extracted |
4,421,840 |
4,447,369 |
4,691,656 |
4,758,552 |
4,416,668 |
4,546,252 |
4,398,965 |
4,388,048 |
4,042,017 |
4,392,361 |
4,182,872 |
3,985,572 |
52,672,169 |
|
Sulfide stone |
1,219,792 |
1,325,465 |
1,341,469 |
1,424,419 |
1,049,220 |
1,380,718 |
1,389,124 |
1,074,041 |
1,159,597 |
1,261,483 |
1,115,363 |
981,900 |
14,722,593 |
|
|
Copper concentrate |
26,839 |
29,662 |
30,423 |
30,358 |
22,697 |
29,605 |
28,634 |
23,552 |
26,625 |
28,666 |
24,788 |
22,355 |
324,203 |
|
|
Molybdenum |
131 |
224 |
252 |
193 |
163 |
209 |
169 |
193 |
200 |
140 |
122 |
86 |
2,082 |
|
|
Miduk Copper Company/Complex (with 2 cathode processing phases) |
Total extracted |
3,362,928 |
3,156,361 |
2,542,176 |
2,977,076 |
2,771,337 |
2,802,956 |
2,509,208 |
1,502,329 |
2,260,573 |
2,798,478 |
2,545,908 |
2,648,709 |
31,878,039 |
|
Anode |
8,733 |
8,504 |
8,460 |
8,726 |
9,056 |
9,867 |
9,505 |
9,586 |
9,626 |
10,137 |
9,804 |
10,017 |
112,021 |
|
|
Sulfide stone |
743,179 |
793,266 |
663,134 |
746,159 |
746,107 |
821,150 |
770,222 |
566,625 |
825,798 |
750,600 |
734,311 |
555,615 |
8,734,166 |
|
|
Molybdenum concentrate |
14,080 |
13,125 |
11,913 |
12,039 |
12,791 |
14,816 |
13,536 |
11,090 |
12,349 |
12,175 |
12,034 |
8,635 |
148,583 |
|
|
Molybdenum oxide |
118 |
114 |
125 |
94 |
78 |
85 |
96 |
115 |
112 |
100 |
94 |
84 |
1,215 |
|
|
Cathode (1st phase) |
483 |
651 |
571 |
556 |
595 |
576 |
533 |
498 |
484 |
534 |
506 |
446 |
6,433 |
|
|
Cathode (2nd phase) |
4,605 |
6,706 |
7,431 |
7,446 |
7,114 |
8,140 |
7,137 |
7,670 |
7,235 |
7,812 |
7,580 |
7,983 |
86,859 |
|
TOTAL |
Product |
1st month |
2nd month |
3rd month |
4th month |
5th month |
6th month |
7th month |
8th month |
9th month |
10th month |
11th month |
12th month |
Total |
|
Wire |
0 |
1,464 |
3,275 |
4,744 |
5,257 |
4,452 |
3,641 |
2,258 |
1,227 |
0 |
2,140 |
5,190 |
32,648 |
|
|
Residual gold and silver |
11 |
36 |
17 |
18 |
18 |
15 |
22 |
16 |
13 |
37 |
48 |
51 |
302 |
|
|
Molybdenum oxide |
118 |
114 |
125 |
94 |
78 |
85 |
96 |
115 |
112 |
100 |
94 |
84 |
1,215 |
|
|
Molybdenum |
131 |
224 |
252 |
193 |
163 |
209 |
169 |
193 |
200 |
140 |
122 |
86 |
2,082 |
|
|
Molybdenum concentrate |
357 |
398 |
399 |
446 |
329 |
431 |
380 |
406 |
306 |
507 |
372 |
423 |
4,753 |
|
|
Cathode |
14,211 |
19,261 |
19,761 |
20,763 |
19,801 |
20,898 |
22,285 |
21,474 |
20,541 |
21,030 |
23,404 |
23,955 |
247,384 |
|
|
Anode |
24,761 |
20,513 |
25,597 |
26,049 |
21,907 |
28,009 |
27,935 |
27,730 |
26,179 |
29,153 |
28,526 |
27,425 |
313,784 |
|
|
Copper concentrate |
107,795 |
105,277 |
100,201 |
100,466 |
75,121 |
106,792 |
103,458 |
93,243 |
101,708 |
103,475 |
87,411 |
89,540 |
1,174,486 |
|
|
Sulfide stone |
4,842,459 |
4,721,583 |
4,618,413 |
4,830,818 |
3,460,301 |
4,859,170 |
4,665,097 |
4,008,366 |
4,609,006 |
4,695,264 |
3,756,875 |
4,201,713 |
53,269,064 |
|
|
Total extracted |
16,168,735 |
15,307,286 |
1,4336,730 |
1,5064,523 |
15,000,231 |
15,467,927 |
14,329,905 |
13,396,048 |
13,694,925 |
14,449,529 |
14,006,590 |
13,804,685 |
175,027,111 |