TEHRAN - TEHRAN- The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) on Saturday reported that over 1.8 million tons of commodities worth $563 million were traded in its domestic trading and exports halls in the past week.
The report said that over 1.515 million tons of metal and mineral products, including 449,356 tons of steel, 80,000 tons of aluminum, 15 tons of precious metals concentrate, 17,410 tons of zinc, 1 kg of gold bars and 7,500 tons of sponge iron with the total value of $364mn were traded in the IME domestic and exports halls in the last week.
Furthermore, 360,171 tons of oil and petrochemical products, including
103,000 tons of vacuum bottom, 93,558 tons of bitumen, 84,736 tons of polymeric products, 34,000 tons of chemicals, 38,000 tons of lube cut, 2,859 tons of base oil, 105 tons of insulation and 800 tons of sulfur with total value of $194 million were traded in the IME domestic and exports halls.