Copper Tops Commodity Exchange Physical Market by Value at 17,235 Billion Tomans; Cement Leads Volume at Over 1.31 Million Tonnes

According to Boursenews, citing the Iran Capital Market News Agency (Sena), copper ranked first in the physical market of the Iran Commodity Exchange in the week ended 17 Mehr 1405 (9 October 2026), with 17,235 billion tomans of trading value. Rebar, at 12,419 billion tomans, and bloom billet, at 10,575 billion tomans, were second and third. Next came sponge iron at 6,485, iron ore pellets at 5,392, cement at 5,096 and aluminium at 4,626 billion tomans; iron ore concentrate recorded 2,311, hot-rolled sheet 2,168 and other sheets, including coated and galvanised, 1,789 billion tomans.

By volume, cement led with 1,311,386 tonnes traded, followed by iron ore pellets at 343 thousand tonnes, iron ore concentrate at 172,600 tonnes, bloom billet at 122,835 tonnes, rebar at 121,363 tonnes and sponge iron at 120,500 tonnes.

Comparing the two tables shows the leaders by value and by volume were not the same: copper and steel products had the largest turnover, while cement and iron ore products were among the highest-volume goods.