TEHRAN – Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) has reported that around $356 million of various commodities weighting over 1,865,000 tonnes were traded in its domestic trading and exports halls in the past working week
The IME said that over 1,372,000 tons of metal and mineral products, including 1,023,000 tonnes of cement, 65,412 tonnes of steel, 6,520 tonnes of copper, 4,225 tonnes of aluminum, 180 tonnes of molybdenum concentrate, 21 tonnes of precious metals concentrate, 14,500 tonnes of zinc dust, 2 kg of gold bars, 12,000 tonnes of sponge iron and 250,000 tonnes of iron ore with total value of $142 million were traded in the IME domestic and exports halls in the last week.
It also added 486,000 tonnes of various oil and petrochemical products, including 246,000 tonnes of vacuum bottom, 55,899 tonnes of bitumen, 73,123 tonnes of polymeric products, 36,205 tonnes of chemicals, 85,000 tonnes of lube cut, 3,311 tonnes of base oil and 6,520 tonnes of sulfur with total value of $210 million were traded in the IME in the last week.
There was also 6,071 tonnes of commodities traded on the IME’s side market.