Iran to become ME’s ferroalloy production hub: official
March 1, 2009 - 0:0
TEHRAN – The managing director of Iranian Mineral Production and Supplying Company (IMPASCO) here on Saturday said that domestic experts have acquired the know-how to produce various kinds of ferroalloys and Iran will soon become the ferroalloy production hub in the Middle East.
According to IRINN, Ardeshir Saad-Mohammadi added that Iran is now producing ferromolybdenum, ferrosilicon, ferrochromium, and ferrotitanium.“Once we acquire the technology for producing ferrovanadium, Iran will become the hub of producing ferroalloys in the Middle East,” he noted.
Ferroalloys refer to various alloys of iron with a high proportion of one or more other elements, manganese or silicon for example. It is used in the production of steels and alloys as a raw material