TEHRAN – The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) on Saturday reported that around 1,858,000 tonnes of commodities with a total trading value of more than 458 million traded in its domestic trading and exports halls in the past working week.
The IME said that 1,515,000 tonnes of metal and mineral products, including 1,000,166 tonnes of cement, 218,941 tonnes of steel, 50,000 tonnes of I-beam, 34,000 tonnes of sponge iron, 30,685 tonnes of zinc, 10,000 tonnes of cast iron, 8,450 tonnes of aluminum, 4,120 tonnes of copper, 280 tonnes of molybdenum concentrate, 21 tonnes of precious metals concentrate and 4 kg of gold bars with total value of $248 million were traded in the IME domestic and exports halls in the last week.
The report also added that over 331,729 tonnes of various oil and petrochemical products, including 106,950 tonnes of bitumen, 84,711 tonnes of polymeric products, 76,000 tonnes of vacuum bottom, 31,383 tonnes of chemicals, 22,000 tonnes of lube cut, 6,580 tonnes of sulfur and 5,449 tonnes of base oil with total value of $204 million were traded in the IME halls.
Last but not least was the IME’s side market with 11,274 tonnes of commodities traded on it.