TEHRAN – The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) on Saturday reported that over 2,911,066 tonnes of commodities with a total trading value of more than $583 million on its domestic and exporting halls in the last week.
The IME’s report said that over 2,502,000 tonnes of metal and mineral commodities including 1,234,929 tonnes of cement, 915,000 tonnes of iron ore, 259,662 tonnes of steel, 72,000 tonnes of sponge iron, 5,870 tonnes of zinc, 40,950 tonnes of aluminum, 7,580 tonnes of copper, 200 tonnes of molybdenum concentrate, 30 tonnes of precious metals concentrate, 94 kg of gold bars and 279 vehicles with total value of $371 were traded on its trading halls.
And also it added, on both domestic and export rings of its oil and petrochemical trading floor over 372,559 tonnes commodities including 86,278 tonnes of polymeric products, 98,000 tonnes of vacuum bottom, 26,000 tonnes of lube cut, 34,943 tonnes of chemicals, 8,325 tonnes of sulfur, 4,154 tonnes of base oil, 500 tonnes of insulation and 112,749 tonnes of bitumen with total value of $194 million were traded in the last week.
The IME also traded within the same week 35,935 tonnes of commodities on its side market.