TEHRAN - The state-owned 
Iranian Mines and Mining, Industries, Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) said on Saturday that aluminum ingot output in four major smelters in Iran reached about 205,000 tonnes in four months to June. 
IMIDRO figures showed that Iran’s four major aluminum companies, South Aluminum Corporation (SALCO), IRALCO, Al-Mahdi, and Iran Alumina, produced 204,596 tonnes of aluminum ingots, down from 221,409 tonnes reported in the same period last year.
The South Aluminum Corporation (SALCO) produced 85,971 tonnes.
Iran’s second largest smelter IRALCO, located in the central city of Arak, churned out nearly 58,227 tonnesd of aluminum ingots, while production at the Al-Mahdi Aluminum, located in the southern province of Hormozgan, reached 49,452 tonnes. 
It added that Iran Alumina, a relatively small smelter located in northeast Iran, produced just about10,946 tonnes of the aluminum ingots in the March-June period.
Also, in the first four months of this year, 74,425 tonnes of “alumina powder”, 123,701 tonnes of “aluminum hydrate” and 262,390 tonnes of “bauxite” were produced at the Iranian Alumina Company.
Aluminum is a key metal used in transportation, packaging, construction, electrical industry, consumer durables and machinery. It is a vital component in manufacturing cars and airplanes.