TEHRAN – Acting Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian broke ground on Tuesday for Sirjan Steel Mill in Kerman Province, southeastern Iran.

The permit for the factory was issued in 2002.
The mill, with over $295 million worth of investment, aims to produce one million tons of steel bars.
The plant will be equipped with $18.6 million and $280 million worth of respectively Iranian-made and foreign machineries.
The factory will be constructed in a 600-hectare area near Gol-Gohar Iron Ore Mine in southwestern Sirjan